Ferguson Protesters Take the Lead in TIME’s Person of the Year Poll

TIME ^ | NOVEMBER 29, 2014 | Sam Frizell

[SeekAndFind]

The protests over the grand jury decision this week have captivated international attention.

Ferguson protestors have gained the lead in TIME’s Person of the Year poll, with seven days to go in the voting.

Unrest in Ferguson and around the country focused attention on race and policing, helping to lift Ferguson protestors into first place in the TIME reader poll with 10.7% of the vote. Thousands of demonstrators marched in solidarity with the family of Michael Brown, an unarmed black man who was shot by the police, disrupting Black Friday shopping in San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Seattle and other cities.

[Perdogg]

since the previous thread was pulled...debunked by conservative treehouse

Released Grand Jury Evidence Proves CNN Aired Brutally False Construction Workers Statements In Mike Brown Shooting

[RetSignman]

As I understand it, one of the one of the things that Holder wants is more diverse police force based on the percentage of the black population of any given state or city.

So, based on that, the police force in Ferguson the number of black officers would have to, at least, more than double.

My question is, what about Utah that has a predominate white population? Would the same law apply there and have a much greater white police force?

I suspect it wouldn’t be tolerated because Holder/Obama and their media would be screaming racial bias until they hired more black officers.

[oblomov]

They already featured “The Protestor” as Person of the Year in 2001.

[fatnotlazy]

Time has always named a “newsmaker” — not necessarily someone of good character. I think Bin Laden was Person of the Year once, or close to it.

It's too bad that these liberals find it loathsome to honor a real hero or someone with a good heart. As it is, our young people have no idea what a true hero is. Morality and character are no longer important.

[nikos1121]

Isn’t this the canard that had “The Planet Earth” the person of the year one year?

[Texas Songwriter]

I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

[lowbridge]

http://time.com/3562179/time-person-of-the-year-poll/

[lowbridge]

Time Magazine held its first online poll to decide the Person of the Year in 1998. Wrestler and activist Mick Foley won with over 50% of votes. Foley was removed from the poll, and the award was given to Clinton and Starr.

In 2006, the poll winner by a wide margin was Hugo Chávez, with 35% of the votes. The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came in second. Time again ignored those results, not mentioning them in the announcement of the Person of the Year.

Time continues to annually run an online poll for the “People’s Choice”, but stresses the decision on who the magazine recognizes is made independently of this poll by the magazine’s editors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year

[JPG]

- Michael Brown, an unarmed black man who was shot by the police-..

Oh, he was unarmed? Seems those beefy fists could easily become menacing and deadly. In any case, sorry to have troubled you race pimps with facts proving that Brown's aggressive and illegal behavior is what led to his death.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Must have been a slow news year for the idiots at Time.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I really thought Barry’s “unaccompanied” illegal alien invaders were going to win Time’s booby prize this year.

[dancusa]

Time Magizine is getting to be smaller in pages than My Weeky Reader.

[Carry_Okie]

They already featured “The Protestor” as Person of the Year in 2001.

I believe they also picked the personal computer at one time. The positive aspect of celebrating a "person of the year" is to inspire people to greatness. This demeans that aspiration.

I know they have included villains as well as heroes, but that is simply to elevate themselves as supposedly impartial judges of individual achievement in 'making news,' with the goals of that achievement being less important. Bunch of sickos, always have been.

[RightGeek]

Why go half way? They just just pick the gentle giant and be done with it.

[RedMDer]

Woo hoo!!
Less than $10.5k to Go!
We can do this!!
FReepers ROCK!!

[Jack Hydrazine]

Time magazine’s circulation numbers compared to others in the US.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_magazines_by_circulation

1 AARP The Magazine 22,274,096
2 AARP Bulletin 22,244,820
3 Costco Connection 8,654,464
4 Game Informer 7,629,995
5 Better Homes And Gardens 7,615,581
6 Reader’s Digest 4,536,912
7 Good Housekeeping 4,348,641
8 Family Circle 4,092,525
9 National Geographic 4,029,881
10 People 3,527,541
11 Woman’s Day 3,311,803
12 Time 3,289,377
13 Taste of Home 3,249,148
14 Ladies’ Home Journal 3,225,863
15 Sports Illustrated 3,023,197

[purplelobster]

Ferguson was a minor incident. Lefties are very angry with American voters for rejecting Democrats in November and their collapsing Obamacare and need to avoid the subject. The result is that mainstream journalists are flooding their networks, newspapers and websites with the phony Ferguson “controversy.” The real news is that America is rejecting the Democrats rebranded Marxism, but we see comparatively few news stories about the fraudulent Obamacare or even about the election results. Ferguson should have been a one-day story buried in the backpages.

[Pollster1]

Hitler 1938
Stalin 1939
Stalin 1942
King Faisal 1974
Deng Xiaoping 1978
Ayatollah Khomeini 1979
Deng Xiaoping 1985
Barack Obama 2008
Ben Bernanke 2009
Barack Obama 2012

A bunch of looters and arsonists would fit right in with that portion of the list. Being anti-American seems to be popular with Time.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Time’s circulation numbers since 1997.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_%28magazine%29

Year Circulation (millions)
1997 4.2
1998 4.1
1999 4.1
2000 4.1
2001 4.1
2002 4.1
2003 4.1
2004 4.0
2005 4.0
2006 4.1
2007 3.4
2008 3.4
2009 3.4
2010 3.3
2011 3.3
2012 3.3
2013 3.28
2014 3.21

During the second half of 2009 the magazine saw a 34.9% decline in newsstand sales.[14] During the first half of 2010, there was another decline of at least one-third in Time magazine sales. In the second half of 2010, Time magazine newsstand sales declined by about 12% to just over 79,000 copies per week.

[Jack Hydrazine]

List of Time’s person of the year starting in 1927.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year