Time Magazine Reveals Finalist Candidates For 2014 Person Of The Year

[big_dog]

Source: Time Magazine-3 hours ago

Time magazine has narrowed down its list of candidates for the annual Person of the Year issue. This year's possible winners include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Alibaba founder Jack Ma, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iraqi Kurdish President Massoud Barzani and singer Taylor Swift. The list also includes groups of individuals, like the Ebola caregivers and protestors in Ferguson, Missouri.

Time magazine editor Nancy Gibbs revealed the eight finalists on the "Today" show Monday morning. The candidates are those who the magazine believes have had the biggest influence on the news within the past year. Protestors in Ferguson, following the death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, made the list because they "launched a whole new conversation about race relations and the administration of justice in this country," Gibbs said.

While some may question Taylor Swift's inclusion for consideration, Gibbs credited the pop star for her impact as a businesswoman this year, making the bold decision to pull all of her music off of the streaming service Spotify. The winner is chosen each year by the magazine's editors, but readers can still place their vote on Time's website. Previous winners have included Pope Francis, President Barack Obama and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/08/time-2014-person-of-the-year-nancy-gibbs-magazine_n_6287666.html

[BeyondGeography]

1. I'd be the guy in the edit meeting who says let's call the whole thing off

if that's the list.

Then I'd get canned.

[big_dog]

3. winner will probably be protestors of St Louis, since it is topical

Taylor Swift pulls her record off Spotify and that is enough to make this list!!?? Give me Malala please

[BeyondGeography]

6. I'd go that route, too

You'd have to finesse the burning and looting though.

It's a tough year for this award. Nothing jumps out. How else does Taylor Swift even enter the conversation?

[7962]

16. She should definitely win.

[hrmjustin]

2. How the hell did Putin make the list?

[RufusTFirefly]

4. The Person of the Year is someone who had a major impact

It's not always a positive impact. Hitler was Man of the Year, I believe. As was Stalin.

[big_dog]

8. its a weak year overall, seems like they could come up with something better out of pop culture

[RufusTFirefly]

12. I've long since given up taking weekly corporate news magazines seriously

Someone else was way ahead of me:

"You know the audience that subscribe to TIME Magazine, the audience of people that want to know what's happening in the world week by week, the people that work during the day and can read it, its small, alright and it's concise and there's pictures in it, you know? It's a certain class of people, its a class of people that take the magazine seriously, I mean sure I can read it, you know, I read it , I get it on the airplanes but I don't take it seriously. If I want to find out anything, I'm not gunna read TIME magazine, I'm not gunna read Newsweek, I'm not gunna read any of these magazines, I mean cause they just got to much to lose by printing the truth. You know that."

-- Bob Dylan, 1965

[AngryOldDem]

25. If she gets it...

Things are seriously fucked up.

As others have said, where is Malala?

My choice would be the Ferguson protesters, followed by the Ebola doctors. Taylor Swift is an insult.

[hrmjustin]

9. Yes this is true. i still hope they don't pick him.

[Posteritatis]

15. Because of the scale of his impact on the world this year?

It's not an accolade, it's an acknowledgement of someone who set the tone of things.

[malokvale77]

18. In case you've missed it...

He's been in the news a lot this past year.

[starroute]

5. What's Alibaba? I never heard of it

And what has the NFL done lately to make the news?

Am I that much out of the loop or are these choices just lame?

[big_dog]

7. Ebloa doctors and medial professionals would be an unexpected choice

[jmowreader]

10. Alibaba is the biggest e-commerce site in China

As flimsy as this list is, he's probably the best choice. Taylor Swift? Come on.

[LeftyMom]

22. It's where you go to buy cheap shit from China directly and skip the middle man.

The NFL's mostly been in the news for making horrible decisions about suspensions for players who get in trouble with the law.

[ColesCountyDem]

11. Comrade Major Putin certainly had an 'impact'.

[Derek V]

13. Fools! If they GIVE the honor to Taylor Swift...

then what the hell will she have to complain about on her next album?

[big_dog]

14. they should give it to whoever saved the furries convention in Chicago and made Mika laugh

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/lets-all-watch-mika-brzezinski-learn-what-a-furry-is/

[7962]

17. Saw that this morning. Pretty funny.

[JDPriestly]

19. Weak list.

[proverbialwisdom]

20. Dr. William W. Thompson, Ph.D., #CDCwhistleblower - HANDS DOWN.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016100237

http://www.morganverkamp.com/august-27-2014-press-release-statement-of-william-w-thompson-ph-d-regarding-the-2004-article-examining-the-possibility-of-a-relationship-between-mmr-vaccine-and-autism/

[LeftyMom]

23. Stop posting this horseshit on DU. It's stupid and it's dangerous.

Kids fucking die of entirely preventable diseases because people like you lie about vaccine safety.

[proverbialwisdom]

24. #1) You're off-topic #2) Your "facts" are wrong and so are your grossly offensive conclusions.

I read some astonishing stats yesterday:

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/downloads/appendices/G/cases-deaths.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5343a4.htm#fig1

SOURCE OF LINKS (not reflective of my personal views on the subject): http://thinkingmomsrevolution.com/wishy-washy-vaccines-thank/

...In 1962, the year before the measles vaccine was introduced, there were a mere 408 deaths from measles in this country, out of approximately three to four million cases (the insert shows only 481,530, but that’s reported cases. Measles is generally a mild illness, and the vast majority of cases were never reported. It is generally estimated by the CDC that the true number is between three and four million.) Would it be great if none of those 408 people died? Absolutely. But the “greatness” level of saving those 408 lives drops if the means of bringing it about sentences half of the population to lifelong chronic illness, doesn’t it?

...Similarly, the rate of hepatitis B in young children (ages 0-4) was less than 2 in 100,000, with the death rate being far, far lower than that, before the development of the vaccine (see figure 1 in the link). And the risk dropped for older children and didn’t rise significantly until children were 15 years old. Would it be great if those few children who died from hepatitis B did not do so? Certainly! And mothers who are hepatitis B carriers might consider it worthwhile to vaccinate their newborns. But risking damage to the immune systems of low-risk infants would do nothing to change that. Those children were never at risk of encountering hepatitis B before puberty in the first place. Vaccinating your low-risk child is not going to have any effect whatsoever on the risk that a child of a mother with hepatitis B will develop the disease or not.

These should give you pause on the accuracy of the attacks deployed in your post. Advertising isn't science.

[Yupster]

21. My guy didn't make the list of finalists

I thought it would be that al-Baghdadi guy who's in charge of ISIS.

Realizing the dream of the Caliphate after more than 500 years was worth Man of the Year I thought, but they don't listen to me.