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Fearless

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36. And here you go,..

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 06:14 PM

Dec 2015

"Today, 29 years later, TIME chose Angela Merkel.

Why no individual woman in between?

In 2002 "The Whistleblowers" were the Person of the Year. They were three women, but there's not been an individual woman for nearly three decades.

"Why the long wait?," TIME's Radhika Jones asks, and answers. "As I wrote a few years ago, the label of Person of the Year tends to favor people with institutional power. The choice reflects TIME’s view of who affected the news and our lives, for good or for ill. Since 1986 there’ve been four U.S. Presidents in the mix—three of them two-termers, all of them men. Plus a handful of leaders of the Soviet Union (and Russia), also all men. The Pope keeps being a man. And it’s a lot easier to make news from an address like the White House, the Kremlin or the Vatican.""

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/for_the_first_time_in_29_years_time_s_person_of_the_year_is_a_woman

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Hillary Clinton honors Angela Merkel being named TIME's Person of the Year [View all] brooklynite Dec 2015 OP

Nice! Cha Dec 2015 #1

Guess she's glad it wasn't Bernie. highprincipleswork Dec 2015 #2

That was my first thought too. n/t Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #6

Doubt she thought of it since Sanders wasn't even a finalist, and for good reason. stevenleser Dec 2015 #13

Absolutely correct. n/t Sheepshank Dec 2015 #41

kick n/t cosmicone Dec 2015 #3

How did she honor Angela Merkel? CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2015 #4

Here is Hillary's comment on Merkel... riversedge Dec 2015 #8

K and R riversedge Dec 2015 #5

Becacuse TIme is owned by whom again? The one that supports Hillary... surprise. Fearless Dec 2015 #7

Your post sounds very bitter. riversedge Dec 2015 #10

I am fine with Merkel ejbr Dec 2015 #11

Ahh..awareness dawns... brooklynite Dec 2015 #12

Um ejbr Dec 2015 #14

"don't understand why they even have a readers poll if it amounts to nothing." sufrommich Dec 2015 #21

Don't get your panties in a bunch ejbr Dec 2015 #29

Because some 13 year old hacker would make Deez Nuts the winner nt firebrand80 Dec 2015 #22

What is the purpose of asking? ejbr Dec 2015 #27

To get people to visit their website n/t tammywammy Dec 2015 #31

Thanks n/t ejbr Dec 2015 #32

You are being very kind calling this comment bitter. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #20

Actually that was TIME'S stated reason for picking her Fearless Dec 2015 #25

No, it was not. Please read more. It will help you. nt. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #28

Actually it was the stated reason for ignoring the public poll. Fearless Dec 2015 #34

The public poll is never the arbiter of the person of the year. tammywammy Dec 2015 #44

Perhaps it is because she has worked with Merkel Skidmore Dec 2015 #16

Truly sexist. NCTraveler Dec 2015 #19

Because that's why they SAID they picked her Fearless Dec 2015 #24

Post the quote and link. You've said this twice now. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #35

And here you go,.. Fearless Dec 2015 #36

OK, thank you for the link and reply. Still don't see that Time chose her as POTY... MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #38

No they chose her because they wanted it to be a woman Fearless Dec 2015 #42

OK. Really can't argue on the Malala thing. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #43

I searched the whole article and couldn't find where it said tammywammy Dec 2015 #33

See above. Fearless Dec 2015 #37

I suggest you reread your link above. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #39

That's not what it says. tammywammy Dec 2015 #45

Hillary's comment in honor of Angela Merkel being named Person of the Year by TIME>> riversedge Dec 2015 #9

The austerity queen, more pain for regular people. JRLeft Dec 2015 #15

Bernie didn't stand a chance. Alfresco Dec 2015 #17

Time Warner is one of Hillary's biggest contributors AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #18

Hillary is a rightwinger like Merkel is. betterdemsonly Dec 2015 #23

WTF? Here--Have a gif ismnotwasm Dec 2015 #26

No where does it say in Time that Merkel was chosen because she was a woman. Agnosticsherbet Dec 2015 #30

The Patriot Act compromises our dignity. Eric J in MN Dec 2015 #40