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3. This is a history thread. Having problems telling the difference? n/t

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time mag, is, and always has been, a r/w rag. [View all] Cerridwen Dec 2013 OP

this sounds like a sour grape thread... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2013 #1

This is a history thread. Having problems telling the difference? n/t Cerridwen Dec 2013 #3

Sour Grapes yeoman6987 Dec 2013 #26

Yes definitely must be Miley fans! VanillaRhapsody Dec 2013 #29

Ed Snowden Jamaal510 Dec 2013 #41

Ed Snowden yeoman6987 Dec 2013 #43

Ya think? VanillaRhapsody Dec 2013 #52

Wait, don't tell me. This is about the Pope? Yes? You don't like him? rug Dec 2013 #2

Nope. Don't give two shits about time's "person" of the year. Cerridwen Dec 2013 #4

Ah, sheer coincidence. rug Dec 2013 #5

careful spiking that football too hard there, rug. eqfan592 Dec 2013 #6

Don't tell me. Your post is about the history of Time Magazine. Am I right? rug Dec 2013 #7

No, mine was about you, actually. thought that was pretty clear. nt eqfan592 Dec 2013 #8

Do tell. What about me, eq? rug Dec 2013 #10

spiking the football. use caution. not sure how else to say it. lol nt eqfan592 Dec 2013 #13

Yes. Football. That must be it. rug Dec 2013 #16

but what else could i possibly be talking about, rug? nt eqfan592 Dec 2013 #20

It couldn't possibly be your resentment over the Time Magazine Person of the Year. rug Dec 2013 #22

No, given the....colorful history of both the magazine in question and its selections... eqfan592 Dec 2013 #28

Of course not. rug Dec 2013 #37

I wouldn't say that. eqfan592 Dec 2013 #40

The data is otherwise. rug Dec 2013 #45

The curiosity, I think, is in your definition of bigotry, not in my definition... eqfan592 Dec 2013 #46

You know, deflecting bigotry by a semantic argument is telling. rug Dec 2013 #48

Given that you've provided no specific instances here of this bigotry... eqfan592 Dec 2013 #49

Lol, the disingenuity of it. rug Dec 2013 #50

A fascinating study in projection right there. ;) nt eqfan592 Dec 2013 #51

Ah. Guilt by timing. How nice of you. How very...what's the word... Cerridwen Dec 2013 #9

Lol. That's the ticket! rug Dec 2013 #11

Read my posting history. You'll find time mag mentioned as well as its r/w agenda. Cerridwen Dec 2013 #15

Among the executives who lent their cooperation to the (CIA) were William Paley of CBS, Henry Luce El_Johns Dec 2013 #12

Person of the Year is not an award. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #14

Except, this was about a media source. Cerridwen Dec 2013 #17

You brought up PotY in your OP. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #19

You're right. I brought up hitler. Cerridwen Dec 2013 #23

That logic doesn't hold up. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #24

Ok. Cerridwen Dec 2013 #25

Hitler's Man of the Year article is hardly flattering: NuclearDem Dec 2013 #32

Right yeah...whatever you say... VanillaRhapsody Dec 2013 #30

DOn't believe anything you read unless it confirms your ideological beliefs! nt el_bryanto Dec 2013 #18

I don't believe anything I read ESPECIALLY if it confirms my beliefs. Cerridwen Dec 2013 #21

you are Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #27

Spot on. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #31

I see it more as fluffy and lightweight, closer to "People" than "The Economist". Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #33

I am not the least bit surprised. n/t Cerridwen Dec 2013 #34

I don't know about right wing, but certainly the voice of the status quo 1000words Dec 2013 #35

THREAD FAIL. The comparison of anyone to Hitler. Unreccing this thread. madinmaryland Dec 2013 #36

+1, Full of fail. Agschmid Dec 2013 #38

Did the OP ever make such a comparison? eqfan592 Dec 2013 #44

Thanks for mstinamotorcity2 Dec 2013 #39

I remember my (liberal) parents saying that back in the 70s. MadrasT Dec 2013 #42

Interesting OP, fascinating thread. H2O Man Dec 2013 #47

For a magazine so many here dismiss as light-weight garbage it sure gets a lot of attention on DU... Rowdyboy Dec 2013 #53

1974 college, we had to read, disect, compare Time and Newsweek. It was pretty amazing, evenb uppityperson Dec 2013 #54