Time Magazine 2012 Person of the Year

[Mom49of4]

What did Obama do to win the Nobel Peace Prize? At least he had to put some effort into getting reelected.

And something tells me had Mitt Romney won the election, he'd be on the cover of TIME.

I have wondered that myself.

[Baltimatt]

Something tells me that if frogs had wings, they wouldn't bump their butts so much.

As would squid-mouthed kitties who had wings.

[Mom49of4]

Pigs do fly.

[Rael]

Those winners you mentioned seem really odd coming from a liberal magazine...

Strange...

If I'm not mistaken, when Stalin won Whittaker Chambers was on the staff of Time.

[jrob]

What did Obama do to win the Nobel Peace Prize? At least he had to put some effort into getting reelected.

And something tells me had Mitt Romney won the election, he'd be on the cover of TIME.

are you being serious? Have you looked at some of the fascist warmongers and corrupt gangsters that have won the NPP?

The media is supposed to be objective and to help keep the government in check.

I realized (as this award shows and has shown for some time) that the media is just a mouthpiece for the government, not an objector to its policy--which is a shame.

As long as one understands this, US policies and objectives are more easily understood.

[NCBirdfan]

You mean going strictly online? I'm surprised they haven't already done so. Subscriptions are way down on most news publications and going online will cut cost. I like my Newsweek in the mail, but that is over now. I hate reading from an electronic device. When I write a report on the computer I have to print it out to proof read it. Sucks.

I liked Newsweek and was a subscriber for years. However, I noticed a decline in its quality the past 5 years or so and canceled my subscription. Now that the Daily Beast owns it, I don't even read it online. Time Magazine has suffered the same fate IMO. Both magazines want to be the news version of People or US magazines. For those of us who want a magazine of mostly well-written news articles, we are denied anything close to it.

[Sprightly]

I used to subscribe to Newsweek as well for well over 10 years. I agree, total decline and canceled it.

[BlandFood]

I liked Newsweek and was a subscriber for years. However, I noticed a decline in its quality the past 5 years or so and canceled my subscription. Now that the Daily Beast owns it, I don't even read it online. Time Magazine has suffered the same fate IMO. Both magazines want to be the news version of People or US magazines. For those of us who want a magazine of mostly well-written news articles, we are denied anything close to it.

Is that not what people read the articles in Playboy for?

[bmore_ken]

You don't run Time Magazine though.

Historically, the Presidential election has been the biggest news story during Presidential election years and the person who wins the election is usually the Person of the Year.

And by "election" I don't just mean election day, I mean the entire 10 months of campaign coverage.

As I said

Which in my own humble opinion makes the award mean nothing

[soulflower]

As I said

Which in my own humble opinion makes the award mean nothing

It's not an award.

[bmore_ken]

It's not an award.

The honor means nothing. Better?

[CajunRaven]

Getting re-elected POTUS isn't a big deal anymore huh?

It happens every four years and he was running against Romney.

Had the republicans put up a strong candidate, he would have lost.

[CajunRaven]

It's not an award.

No, it's the front page of a rag that will soon circle the drain.

The government is closterflock from top to bottom and he holds the top spot.

Color me not impressed. Signed Hater!

[soulflower]

It happens every four years and he was running against Romney.

Had the republicans put up a strong candidate, he would have lost.

Winning a Presidential election is a big deal no matter who wins and in 2012 there was no bigger news story than the election. Stop hating. Life's too short