THE RESULTS ARE BASED ON
FACTORS LIKE PAY, BENEFITS, AND
WORK-LIFE BALANCE.
LIAM?
DONALD TRUMP IS NAMED AS
TIME MAGAZINE'S PERSON OF THE
YEAR BECAUSE HE MOST INFLUENCED
THE YEAR'S NEWS, QUOTE, FOR
BETTER OR WORSE, AND JON
KELLER, VU -- YOU HAVE NEVER
BEEN A BIG FAN OF THE TIME
PERSON OF THE YEAR THING.
THAT'S PUTTING IT MILDLY,
LEE AM.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS
WRONG WITH THIS REWARD.
TRUMP'S VICTORY WAS THE BIGGEST
POLITICAL STORY OF THE YEAR BUT
YOU COULD MAKE THE SAME OF
ARGUMENT FOR LAST YEAR WITH
ANGELA MERKEL BEING THE PERSON
OF THE YEAR.
AND SHE IS HANGING ON BY A
THREAD SUGGESTING THAT BEING
NAMED TIME MAGAZINE'S PERSON OF
THE YEAR IS A JINX LIKE BEING
ON THE COVER OF "SPORTS
ILLUSTRATED."
TIME HAS ALWAYS MADE THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT THE PERSON OF
THE YEAR AND THAT'S MY CORE OF
THE OBJECTION TO HAVE THE
REASON.
WINNING IS SIGNIFICANT BUT THIS
FEELS LIKE A REWARD FOR
INFLUENCE THEY HAVEN'T EXERTED
YET LIKE PRESIDENT OBAMA
GETTING THE NO -- NOBEL PEACE
PRIZE A FEW MONTHS INTO HIS
TERM.
THEY ARE PROJECTING HIS
IMPACT?
THEY GO SO FAR AS SAYING,
QUOTE, BECAUSE OF TRUMP, IT
WILL NEVER BE LIKE IT WAS
BEFORE, END QUOTE.
TO WHICH I SAY REALLY?
LET'S GO BACK TO WHAT TIME
WROTE ABOUT THE 2008 PERSON OF
THE YEAR, THEN PRESIDENT-ELECT
OBAMA, QUOTE, HE HIT THE
AMERICAN SCENE LIKE A THUNDER
CLAP, UPENDED OUR POLITICS,
SHATTERED DECADES OF
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM.
OBAMA MADE IT CLEAR HE KNOWS
HOW TO WRITE NEW PLAYBOOKS AND
DO THINGS IN NEW WAYS.
", AND NOW THAT THE THUNDER
CLAP IS DROWNED OUT BY THE
TRUMP THUNDER STORM, IT'S TIME
FOR THE TRUTH.
SORRY, BUT THE PEOPLE AT TIME
DON'T DO A INJURY GOOD JOB OF
FORECASTING THE FUTURE.
BUT WHO DOES?
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE BUT IT
SEEMS LIKE AN EXAGGERATION.
