TIME MAGAZINE NAMED 16-YEAR-
OLD, SWEDISH CLIMATE ACTIVIST,
GRETA THUNBERG AS ITS 2019
PERSON OF THE YEAR.
SHE BECOMES THE YOUNGEST PERSON
THE MAGAZINE HAS EVER CHOSEN.
TONIGHT, TIME MAGAZINE
TAKING HEAT FROM PEOPLE WHO SAY
SHE DOES NOT DESERVE IT.
SHE IS DEFINITELY NOT THE MOST
CONTROVERSIAL CHOICE THE
MAGAZINE HAS MADE.
IN.
1938, TIME PICKED ADOLF HITLER,
1942, SOVIET LEADER, JOSEPH
STALIN AND IN 1970 AND 71
PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON WAS
PICKED WHILE THE COUNTRY
REMAINED DIVIDED OVER THE
VIETNAM WAR.
JON KELLER HAS A LOOK AT THE
NEWEST PICK AND CONTROVERSY.
WE ARE IN THE BEGINNING OF A
MASS EXTINCTION AND ALL YOU CAN
TALK ABOUT IS MONEY AND
FAIRYTALES OF ETERNAL ECONOMIC
GROWTH.
HOW DARE YOU?
SHE WAS MOCKED ON TWITTER BY
PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR HER
ANGUISHED LECTURE TO A U.N.
CLIMATE SUMMIT AND HER
SELECTION AS TIME'S PERSON OF
THE YEAR HAD MORE SCORN FROM
THE RIGHT INCLUDING DONALD
TRUMP JUNIOR THAT SAID TIME
LEAVES OUT THE HONG KONG
PROTESTERS FIGHTING FOR THEIR
LIVES AND FREEDOMS TO PUSH A
TEENAGER USED AS A MARKETING
GIMMICK.
HOW DARE YOU?
THE YOUNG REBELS OF HONG KONG
WERE A FINALIST FOR THE HONOR,
BUT GRETA THUNBERG'S ROLE IN
LEADING CHANGE STOOD OUT TO
EDITORS AS UNUSUALLY EFFECTIVE
FORM OF ADVOCACY.
CRITICS HAVE TRIED TO PATRONIZE
HER.
IT WAS ALL A LITTLE
MELODRAMATIC.
HONEY, GO BACK TO SCHOOL,
CALM DOWN, IT WILL BE OKAY.
Reporter: GRETA THUNBERG
COUNTERED WITH FACT-BASED ADULT
ARGUMENTS.
COUNTRIES FIND CLEVER WAYS
OF GETTING AROUND REELECTION
LIKE DOUBLE COUNTING EMISSIONS
REDUCTIONS AND MOVING THEIR
EMISSIONS OVERSEAS.
THIS HAS TO STOP.
Reporter: CLIMATE CHANGE
SKEPTICS DON'T LIKE IT AND THE
ADULATION MAY SEEM OVER-THE-TOP
AT TIMES, BUT NO ONE CAN DENY
GRETA THUNBERG HAS THE COURAGE
OF HER CONVICTIONS.
YOU WILL COME TO US YOUNG
PEOPLE FOR HOPE, HOW DARE YOU,
YOU HAVE STOLEN MY DREAMS, MY
CHILDHOOD WITH YOUR EMPTY WORDS.
I WILL NOT JUMP INTO WHETHER
OR NOT SHE IS THE DESERVING
PERSON OR ANYTHING ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE.
THIS IDEA BECAUSE YOU ARE
YOUNG, YOU CANNOT BE POWERFUL.
I THINK OF THE 15-YEAR-OLD SHOT
IN THE HEAD, CHANGED SO MANY
PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS ABOUT YOUNG
PEOPLE AND HOW POWERFUL THEY
CAN BE.
JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE YOUNG DOES
NOT MEAN YOU HAVE POWER TO
AFFECT OTHERS.
THERE'S A LONG HISTORY OF
IT, WE MENTIONED HUNG KONG
PROTESTERS TEND TO BE YOUNG ALL
OF THE ROAD, YOUNG PEOPLE
DRIVEN BY SOCIAL MEDIA DRIVEN
AT THE CORE OF SUCCESSFUL AND
IMPORTANT PROTEST MOVEMENTS,
