TIME magazine has chosen their ‘2018 Person of the Year,’ not that we think any of our readers really care but you know, we need to cover these things for some reason. We guess because it’s news?
The Guardians—Jamal Khashoggi, the Capital Gazette, Maria Ressa, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo—are TIME's Person of the Year 2018 #TIMEPOY https://t.co/HvoEaW5oUi pic.twitter.com/9Mr0wBTmvj
— TIME (@TIME) December 11, 2018
So they chose journalists as their person of the year.
K.
JUST IN: Time magazine chooses Khashoggi and other journalists as 2018 ‘Person of the Year’ https://t.co/OMDsyh5R27
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 11, 2018
The Guardians to be more specific.
*sigh*
From NBC News:
With a record number of reporters behind bars around the planet — the Committee to Protect Journalists documented 262 cases in 2017— an avalanche of misinformation on social media and government officials from the United States to the Philippines dismissing critical, real reporting as “fake news,” Time is spotlighting a handful of journalists who have one thing in common: They were targeted for their work.
‘Real reporting dismissed as fake news …’
The media really aren’t doing themselves any favors these days.
*yawn*
— Jackhole_Yinzer (@Anthony_Stavish) December 11, 2018
Eh.
— It's me DT (@dtfromdc) December 11, 2018
Right? We get it but well … eh.
We named ourselves person of the year
— Rob Reber (@Robb_R9) December 11, 2018
Basically.
Liberals giving liberals “awards” is always amusing.
— PC (@patrick552) December 11, 2018
Sorta like The Academy Awards.
Oh brother. Journalists call journalists Persons of the Year. And I have an annoucement too: I declare that I am the Person of the Year. Thank you for this honor, Andy.
— Andy Martin (@Dollarlogic) December 11, 2018
Way to go, Andy.
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