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Sunday, December 17, 2006

TIME Magazine Person of the Year Named


Due to a clerical error, TIME Magazine shipped with the wrong cover, and this is the intended original cover.

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist hamming it up!!! Now, on to the "real story."

NEW YORK (AP) - Congratulations! You are the Time magazine "Person of the Year."

The annual honor for 2006 went to each and every one of us, as Time cited the shift from institutions to individuals - citizens of the new digital democracy, as the magazine put it. The winners this year were anyone using or creating content on the World Wide Web.

"If you choose an individual, you have to justify how that person affected millions of people," said Richard Stengel, who took over as Time's managing editor earlier this year. "But if you choose millions of people, you don't have to justify it to anyone."

The magazine did cite 26 "People Who Mattered," from North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il to Pope Benedict XVI to the troika of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

And Stengel said if the magazine had decided to go with an individual, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the likely choice. "It just felt to me a little off selecting him," Stengel said.

The 2006 "Person of the Year" package hits newsstands Monday. The cover shows a white keyboard with a mirror for a computer screen where buyers can see their reflection.

Read the rest here.

Hat Tip: Drudge Report.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousSunday, December 17, 2006 8:40:00 PM

    So, it really is all about me. I mean, us.

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  2. Bobby CogginsMonday, December 18, 2006 3:46:00 AM

    I think they wanted to do President Tom of Iran, but their focus groups scared them out of it. That's my hunch, anyway!

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