Murdoch: Time’s next ‘Person of the Year’?
Rick Stengel, Time’s managing editor, reportedly has Rupert Murdoch on his “shortlist” to be the magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2007.
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That would explain why they are so right wing.
That damn right wing liberal media again.
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:47 pmDamned Librul Media!!!!
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:47 pmSure beats “You”.
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:48 pmthis is why i dropped that mag…
i don’t believe negativity should be showcased
in such a way…
…
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:50 pmI wouldn’t be at all surprised. Time is the neoCON weekly magazine. I wouldn’t read Time if my life depended on it. I have a hard time reading Newsweek sometimes. But, they are way more objective than Time has ever been.
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:51 pmKeep in mind, it’s not necessarily an endorsement.
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:51 pmThat’s cool. Wasn’t Saddam their Person of the Year once?
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:51 pmKeep in mind that Hitler was Time Man of the Year. They just love them some fascism over at Time.
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:53 pmwhat is time?
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:54 pmIs TimeWarner making nice with NewsCorp? God help us. Considering the trajectory CNN is on (somewhere on the floor to the right of the crapper), why not?
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:56 pmSo?
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:57 pmThat’s kind of funny. I got a free subscription from some expiring airline points once and I thought it was way to librul so I asked them to stop sending it.
I guess it all depends on your starting point.
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:58 pmBoycott Time magazine time!
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:59 pmYes, I am out of Time.
July 23rd, 2007 at 5:02 pmMy “person of the year” is my wife.
Why would I need to pay somebody a couple of dollars to tell me that?
I’ve been boycotting Time since the 1960s, so I’m not going to have much impact on their circulation.
But here’s the list, courtesy of Wiki: http://tinyurl.com/34w8qh
Heck, Stalin made it twice, just like Bush. Poor Adolf only made it once.
July 23rd, 2007 at 5:04 pmNow I remembered why I canceled my subscription 3 years ago..but thanks for items like this, TP.
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July 23rd, 2007 at 5:08 pmEh..why not? He fits right in with other Time’s Person of the Year winners such as: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin (twice), Ayatollah Khomeini, & Bush jr. (twice)
July 23rd, 2007 at 5:09 pmFan of Man has done his part by copying and pasting his copy points IN BOLD on every topic on the board today. Have you done your part and followed his directions?
July 23rd, 2007 at 5:16 pmWas that “short list” or “shit list”?
July 23rd, 2007 at 5:20 pmComment by Zoom in — July 23, 2007 @ 5:16 pm
Yes, indeedy!
July 23rd, 2007 at 5:35 pmAfter Murdoch bought the NYPost, he reportedly went personally to Alfred Bloomingdale to solicit the high-toned retailer’s advertising. Bloomingdale cut him off with something to the effect of: “Mr. Murdoch, what you have to remember is that your subscribers are my shoplifters.”
July 23rd, 2007 at 5:54 pmHow things have changed. Now M’s WSJ readers will be everybody’s corporate looters.
Murdoch: Time’s next ‘Person of the Year’?Rick Stengel, Time’s managing editor, reportedly has Rupert Murdoch on his “shortlist†to be the magazine’s “Person of the Year†for 2007
Others on the “shortlist” include :
Satan , Bill O’Lielly , Fat Limpballs , mAnn Coulter , Chimpy , Cheney and Bin Laden
July 23rd, 2007 at 5:58 pmyou know what’s funny about the bush administration?
NOT A GODDAMN THING.
July 23rd, 2007 at 6:02 pmWhy not just put a picture of the devil on the front of TIMES?
Neocon news magazine supports corrupt corporate cronies.
July 23rd, 2007 at 6:16 pmyou know what’s funny about the bush administration?
NOT A GODDAMN THING.
Comment by michael — July 23, 2007 @ 6:02 pm
Tough to be “funny” , when all they are is simply the worst in US history ……
July 23rd, 2007 at 6:22 pmInteresting choice.
He’s made Fox News the “go to” station for balanced news and analysis.
He’s launching a business channel on October 15th to compete with CNBC. Alexis Glick and Liz Clamon have already left CNBC and rumor has it others are being courted.
He’s trying to acquire the WSJ.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens.
July 23rd, 2007 at 6:28 pm….just as long as it’s not someone who’s ever done something to benefit humankind….
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:29 pmNope Murdoch is on the short list for ugliest rich prick in world history.
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:56 pmTime’s POY creds were retracted last year when I became a 2-time POY (2003 for being in the military, and last year for posting mindless drivel to teh nternetz).
July 23rd, 2007 at 11:23 pmOMG!
As the proprietor of News Corpse, I’m not sure if I should be horrified or thrilled at the prospect for mockery.
Check out my take on “You,” this year’s Person of the Year.
July 24th, 2007 at 1:20 amHow can you be a person of the year when you are not a person but yes, was an excellent toon …
Send the bloody yank home.
Oh … wait … that’d be back here …
July 24th, 2007 at 3:48 amwell, they’ve done stupid shit before
http://www.time.com/ time/ subscriber/ personoftheyear/ archive/ stories/ 1938.html
July 24th, 2007 at 8:16 amMany people misunderstand the purpose of TIME’s “Person of the Year”. It’s not necessarily an honor. It goes to the person (or persons) who have been the greatest influence of news events over the past year. Every President since FDR (except Ford) has been POTY at least once, and so have Hitler, Stalin, and the Ayatollah Khomeini. Even Wallis Simpson had her turn, for her role in the abdication of the King of England.
I am inclined to think Rupert Murdoch might be a logical choice. Considering that John Conyers now refuses to move on impeachment because he is scared of Fox News, it’s obvious that Murdoch wields an influence over our country and our lives that’s greater than anyone ever dreamed. It may be to our benefit that TIME should explain to the American people how they are being led around by the nose.
(and yes, we must do something about it!)
July 24th, 2007 at 10:37 am