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Petrogad
David & Carr
Registered: Aug 2004
Location: MNTA #17
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i dont understand how he was even nominated for person of the year never the less chosen, o wait yes i do he bought it.
america at its finest nothing is real its all bought and paid for.
cheers
-petro
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David & Carr
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Dec-20-2004 13:44
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.montecarlo.
. i n v o l v e r .

Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Vancouver, BC Former SN: InsomnEac
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_the_Year
Every elected President of the United States since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has been a Person of the Year at least once. Many were chosen simply for accomplishing the feat of being elected to that office.
The title is, in ignorance, sometimes mistakenly assumed to be an honor. There was a massive public backlash in the United States after Time named Ayatollah Khomeini Man of the Year in 1979. Since then, Time has often shied away from choosing overly controversial candidates. Time's Person of the Year 2001 — in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks — was New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani. It was a somewhat controversial result; many thought that Giuliani was deserving, but also many thought that the rules of selection ("the individual or group of individuals who have had the biggest effect on the year's news") made the obvious choice Osama bin Laden. They cited previous choices such as Adolf Hitler demonstrating that Man of the Year did not necessarily mean "Best Human Being of the Year". It is interesting to note, that the edition which declared Rudolph Giuliani as 'Man of the year', had a section which mentioned their earlier choices of Ayatollah Khomeini as man of the year and rejection of Hitler as man of the century, which indicated to many that Osama bin Laden was stronger candidate for 'man of the year', but was not selected due to his 'Negative' role. Similarly Hitler was stronger candidate for 'man of the century' but was rejected due to his 'negative' role.
According to stories in respected newspapers, Time's editors anguished over the choice, fearing that selecting the al-Qaeda leader might offend readers (and advertisers). Adding a wrinkle to the equation was the fact that bin Laden had already appeared on its covers on October 1, November 12, and November 26. Many readers expressed dissatisfaction at the idea of seeing his face on the cover again. In the end, Giuliani's selection led some to criticize that Time had chickened out.
In recent years, the choices for Person of the Year have also been criticized for being too Americentric, which is a departure from the original tradition of recognizing foreign political leaders and thinkers. The last non-American Person of the Year was Pope John Paul II in 1994.
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