TIME MAG PERSON OF THE YEAR

[HairOfTheDog]

“Man of the year” sounds awfully like an endorsement to me.

I agree, by association, it does.

Their choices rarely match the official documented criteria anyway, IMO.

They changed the title from "man of the year" to "person of the year" several years ago, but have yet to deem a woman (who wasn't part of a group) as the person of the year. I remember a couple of issues where it wasn't even a person, but instead an object or ideology that was awarded the title.

My dad was a TIME subscriber - I read a lot of their issues cover-to-cover growing up, but not much since then. I like the "Person of the Year" issue though, mostly because it motivates me to think back on the year and who really made a huge global impact.