Time Person of the Year 2013
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Time Person of the Year 2013
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#2Did they finally just throw out the poll data and go with whoever they wanted? I remember originally Snowden was winning by a landslide.
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#3Did they finally just throw out the poll data and go with whoever they wanted? I remember originally Snowden was winning by a landslide.
They always do that. The polls have never been to determine who the POTY will be, but just to see who people vote for. Time picks whoever they want regardless of the polls.
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#4Is this a joke or a payoff?!
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#5He shows promise but, like awarding Obama the Nobel peace prize, this is just too soon.
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#6Well, this Pope has been remarkably liberal and transformational. He's only remarkable in the context of the last few popes, who were insanely conservative. Francis is merely extremely conservative...
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#7With their bold investigative reporting and willingness to speak truth to power, I just can't understand why weekly news magazines are having such a hard time in the U.S.
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#8Well, that was certainly the safer choice. Francis is an interesting figure so far, but he hasn't caused -- yet, anyway -- worldwide changes in the political dialogue like Snowden has. Time, though, went with a choice that doesn't annoy the powerful Western democracies.
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#9Did they finally just throw out the poll data and go with whoever they wanted? I remember originally Snowden was winning by a landslide.
They always do that. The polls have never been to determine who the POTY will be, but just to see who people vote for. Time picks whoever they want regardless of the polls.
Yeah, the poll is essentially just to generate another story about "who the people want".
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#10Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if Snowden has just as much impact on 2014 as he did on 2013.