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cc · 4775 days ago · link · · parent · post: 'The Protester': Did Time pick the right Person of the Year? - The Week
Many people think it's a new trend that TIME is picking a "generic" Person of the Year, but if you look at the list, they've actually done it many times before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year
1950 - The American fighting-man 1956 - The Hungarian freedom fighter 1960 - American Scientists 1966 - Baby Boomers 1969 - The Middle Americans 1975 - American women
Great point. This is from Wikipedia: "Person of the Year (formerly Man of the Year) is an annual issue of the United States newsmagazine Time that features and profiles a person, couple, group, idea, place, or machine that "for better or for worse, ...has done the most to influence the events of the year"
It isn't a new trend but it is a bad and misleading title.