The Bloggers Should Be TIME's People of the Year
Each year around this time going all the way back to 1927 the editors of TIME magazine sit down to debate and select their Person or People of the Year. Last year, if you recall, they selected the American soldier. In prior years they have selected everyone from Charles Lindbergh (1927) to The Computer (1982), Andy Grove (1997), Jeff Bezos (1999), George W. Bush (2000), Rudy Giuliani (2001), the Whistle Blowers (2002) and many more luminaries.
The Person of the Year is defined as folllows:
"Person of the Year is an annual issue of TIME magazine that features a profile on the man, woman, couple, group, idea, place, or machine that "for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year"
For 2004, I cannot think of a single person or persons that had a greater influence on society than the bloggers. Let's remind them by making our voice heard. If you think about American politics, media, business - no one, no one had a greater influence for better or worse than the bloggers. Not Osama Bin Laden. Not Sadaam Hussein. Not John Kerry. No one. The bloggers absolutely deserve to be this year's People of the Year. If you agree, then make your voice heard. Send an email to the editors of TIME and explain why the bloggers deserve to be this year's choice. Alternately, leave a comment on this post and I will forward this link with my email.
UPDATED: The HypergeneMedia blog has come up with an even more compelling cover than mine!
Brilliant! (Must be why you're in PR! )
Posted by: Royal | Friday, November 12, 2004 at 08:58 AM
I love this idea Steve! I will send my email.
B.L.
Posted by: B.L. Ochman | Friday, November 12, 2004 at 09:48 AM
Steve, A 2nd brilliant! You're spot on...
Debbie
Posted by: Debbie Weil | Friday, November 12, 2004 at 10:52 AM
LOL, I thought it said "Hydrogen Blog". That would be a cool name.
Posted by: | Friday, November 12, 2004 at 11:06 AM
Great idea! I think that would be pretty cool/funny!
Posted by: rob | Friday, November 12, 2004 at 11:07 AM
Yea, I think I'll change mine to that name.
Posted by: Evelyn | Friday, November 12, 2004 at 11:08 AM
Jon Friedman from CBS Marketwatch has his guess for the 2004 POY: The Bush Loyalists.
Posted by: Jeremy | Friday, November 12, 2004 at 12:20 PM
Hear, hear!! "Hydrogen Blog?" I luv it!
Posted by: Republicus | Friday, November 12, 2004 at 01:05 PM
Steve - To quote Wayne and Garth, "we're not worthy." Not sure if I agree with you based on the past year's current events, and Arafat may get special consideration now. But I will certainly sign the virtual petition by way of this comment.
Posted by: Kevin Dugan | Friday, November 12, 2004 at 02:17 PM
Rubel for President: 2008 !
Posted by: Robb Hecht | Friday, November 12, 2004 at 03:28 PM
Great idea for bloggers to be on the cover of TIME. Bloggers are changing the way journalists cover story and certainly are holding people accountable for reporting the news. Hopefully this "fifth branch" of the government will continue to be for the people, by the people, of the people.
Posted by: Amy Bowllan | Friday, November 12, 2004 at 09:23 PM
Blogging has changed the face of the internet in general, and of journalism in particular. Business blogs are reshaping the way some leading companies communicate with their customers and the general public, in both public relations and in marketing.
More changes to business and journalism are yet to come, as a direct result of the power of blogs.
Blogs and bloggers are well deserving of Time's "Person of the Year".
Posted by: Wayne Hurlbert | Saturday, November 13, 2004 at 04:31 AM
Nice one Steve!
Posted by: Alex Barnett | Saturday, November 13, 2004 at 06:22 AM
Oh my, oh my, how childishly narcissistic, self centered and above all self congratulatory can you get. Bloggers should 'person of the year' So ridiculous I laughed until my sides hurt.
Most blogs last less than three months, are as boring as wallpaper and have zero repeat zero credibility.
The most important point is that more than 80% of the world have never heard of the Internet let alone can access it let alone care to read such drivel as is written in blogs. And of course it has to be an American trend....right up there with American sports writers nominating Babe Ruth or some NBA player as sportsman of the century.
Person of the year - Bloggers bwaaaaa. Grow up and think again.
Posted by: Steve Bildermann | Saturday, November 13, 2004 at 07:07 PM
I agree but do we need additional endorsement from journalists any longer?
I think bloggers should nominate "People of the Year".
But how should we vote? Who should start the process? And it should not be strictly form IT and technology -sphere.
Posted by: FOG | Sunday, November 14, 2004 at 09:18 PM
Time's "Person of the Year" is reserved for the largest newsmaker of the year, good or bad. Please explain to me how anyone was talking about you stupid f##ksticks in 2004?
Posted by: Sharkey | Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at 03:58 PM
You bloggers are all stupid self serving f%&#s. Keep your bullshit over in your piece of the internet. Also, journalists typically report on factual events, might want to keep that in mind next time your espousing some bullshit about your life that no one wants to read.
Posted by: GNAA | Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at 02:00 PM
Maybe we should give the Weekly World News a Pulitzer too!
It would only be fair.
Posted by: Trollboy 5000 | Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at 02:07 PM
I agree! :)
Posted by: semaho | Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at 03:47 PM
Are you kidding me? You can't think of anyone more influential this year? For starters, how about President Bush, Karl Rove, or the masked Abu Ghraib guy?
Posted by: Jake | Sunday, November 21, 2004 at 11:55 PM
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Posted by: Jonny | Sunday, June 26, 2005 at 01:03 AM
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Posted by: Jonny | Sunday, June 26, 2005 at 01:14 AM
Person of the year
Posted by: grapplica | Sunday, February 04, 2007 at 04:22 PM