Time Magazine Creates Controversy Among Some After Announcing Volodymyr Zelensky As 2022 'Person Of The Year'
Once again, Time magazine did its annual Person of the Year announcement, noting who it believed was the most influential person of the year, ultimately choosing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian people for their role in the Russian invasion.
This was unsurprising to many, as lots of people had predicted that the nod would go to Zelensky or possibly the Ukrainian people, with Time electing to award both in its 2022 issue.
The celebration, however, did not last as many people began to immediately attack Time and Zelensky alike, declaring that the award should have gone to other influential people or continued to push the theory that Zelensky is a Western puppet using the Ukraine-Russia war as a large money laundering scheme that involved FTX, decrying the man and his struggles against Russia.
As is usual around this time of year when the competition comes up, people began to post their own versions of Time's "Person of The Year," with several memes being made about potential winners, runner-ups and saying who they believe should have won the award instead of Zelensky.
Congratulations
MariahCarey</a> for being this year’s Person of the Year! <a href="https://twitter.com/TIME?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">TIME 🎉🎄❤️ pic.twitter.com/XHfXFRtKKD— ୨୧ (@babydollbIiss) December 7, 2022
TIME’s finalists for Person of the Year pic.twitter.com/fMWaLRdhN4
— Real Bravoholic (@RealBravoholic) December 6, 2022
The real person of the year. pic.twitter.com/PklAW9eUaL
— n0body (@_biIIions) December 7, 2022
Almost every year this competition makes the rounds, many react with repulsion at the person or group that makes the cover, presumably assuming it inherently means "greatest person" or "best person." However, according to Time itself, "TIME names the person (or people) who wielded the most influence in the previous 12 months."
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Rhettorical
There really wasn't a chance it wouldn't be him, but does it really matter? It's just a magazine that people only care about once a year when this happens and it's always a shitshow.
mandrac
Russian bot being conflicted between "we don't care about western propaganda media" and "we are butthurt that zelensky won persone of the year on the time mag"
qx1511
I'm betting $20 that they'll say "well Hitler was Person of the Year, so it makes sense that Zelensky would be as well" or something like that.
As xoxin said, there were worse people chosen, and while the person of the year has lost its reputation over the years, I personally think that they made the right choice. I mean after all, his opponent was apparently KIM FREAKING KARDASHIAN!!!
Three Words Maximum
Obviously correct choice.
xoxin
In addition to what Rifleman said, I guarantee he's far from the worst person they've chosen or even considered as well.
A Concerned Rifleman
This happens every year, move on people and accept that Time is a corpo just like all the other media you consume.
WarLordM
Sorry, who could possibly have even been a contender against him here?
A Concerned Rifleman
Everyone complains about their person not being person of the year every year, this is nothing new.
WarLordM
Calling them corporate stooges for making the only conceivable call is just preposterous though
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