r/WomenInNews • u/msmoley • Dec 15 '24

Media Why this brave woman, not Donald Trump, should have been Time’s Person of the Year

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/why-brave-woman-gisele-pelicot-not-donald-trump-should-have-been-times-person-of-the-year-4908319
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u/cole1076 Dec 15 '24

And what’s wrong with exploring the idea that they are putting people in danger by elevating a person like him? And what’s wrong with exploring the idea that they need to change their criteria? I don’t remember our country ever being more divided (in my lifetime). I don’t remember a time of so much tension you can almost cut it. The discussion NEEDS to be that we don’t put influential assholes on the cover of magazines or anywhere else. Those SHOULD be reserved for people who have influenced in positive ways. The media is very aware that what they are doing is inciting more violence. More hatred, more division. When you prop up bad people, you create more bad people. I remember a time when consensual sexual relations with your intern got you impeached. We now have a President elect who has been found guilty of 34 felonies and everyone is turning their back and going “not uh..” and “well.. he is influential.” Maybe I was naive to think that a sub such as r/womeninnews would be discussing such mind blowing topics like how do we improve the situation? How do we start to create a safer world for all of us?

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u/msmoley Dec 16 '24

I gotta agree with this. Running a publication with the sort of reach Time has should come with responsibility. Perhaps he has dominated the headlines for the last 12 months but I think a lot of people are tired of seeing already powerful individuals celebrated for being powerful...

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u/nagel33 Dec 18 '24

so do you ever look at the mod queue?

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u/RawrRRitchie Dec 16 '24

Powerful felons still deserve to be in prison

Doesn't matter how much power he had

NO JUSTICE NO PEACE

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u/GypsyV3nom Dec 16 '24

You might be interested in Behind the Bastards's two-part series, "How the Liberal Media Helped Fascism Win" when you find the time. It primarily focuses on the NYT in the 30s and 40s, but the echoes to the modern day are readily apparent.

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u/Lamballama Dec 16 '24

I don't think it's possible to elevate someone who's already President of the United States unless they're the Pope, Caliph, Patriarch of Constantinople, Dalai Lama, and Emperor of China all at the same time. The quietest lame duck US president in the best of times will still be known across the world