Time Magazine proves its biased; doesnt name Julian Assange POTY2010

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Kasz216 said:

twesterm said:

ssj12 said:

Munkeh111 said:

I would also like to point out that Assange has only really turned up in the last few weeks, so a bit late for the awards. And it is NOT a popularity contest

its not a popularity content, its about impact.  Mark Zuckerberg by far truly had no impact on the web for reasons I stated in this thread. Assange, and several others, had bigger impact.

I'm sorry for only skimming this thread, but according to your opening post it is a popularity contest... :-p

That is the funny thing isn't it?  I mean I woudln't give it to facebook either, what with Twitter surpassing it, but hey.  Facebook has been more impactful then Assange... who's leaks haven't really accomplished much yet except a couple people getting fired.

His leaks woke people up to pay attention to world politics. He accomplished awakening the public to real journalism instead of the crap you get on cable news channels.

As for the people who are laughing at Lady Gaga, sadly while I dislike her/him, it brought back the craziness of the music of the past with the wacky costumes and out-there music. While not original as it stole its look, the statement and impact on music in the last year remains the same.

People voted who they felt was most influential and had the greatest impact, hence why people like Jon Stewert and Steve Colbert is there. Their rally for sanity/fear was massive.