Glenn Greenwald Mocks TIME’s ‘Bold, Edgy, Courageous’ Person of the Year Pick
When TIME Magazine picked Pope Francis I as their 2013 Person of the Year, they not only spurned their own reader poll (winner Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and runner up Recep Tayyip Erdoğan didn’t even crack the top ten, though third place finisher Miley Cyrus did), they also pissed off a lot Edward Snowden supporters. None more so than The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald.
Greenwald, who helped bring Snowden’s NSA revelations to light, expressed his disappointment on Twitter Wednesday morning:
TIME Magazine: as edgy, bold, courageous and innovative as ever: http://t.co/L1tSbEbgeV – Edward Snowden "Runner-up" http://t.co/Hxq48AQZN9
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 11, 2013
He also took a shot at the magazine by posting a link to a classic video from The Onion announcing “TIME Advanced,” a new version aimed at adults:
To understand TIME Magazine, just watch this video from the Onion http://t.co/KuwV77S7nQ
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 11, 2013
Greenwald did seem to appreciate TIME’s Michael Scherer, who wrote the article about “runner up” Snowden:
TIME's @michaelscherer: Snowden's "gambit has so far proved more successful than he reasonably could have hoped" http://t.co/Hxq48AQZN9
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 11, 2013
Greenwald was joined by a wide swath of journalists, who also questioned why Snowden was merely named “runner up”:
Some will see Time's choice as a snub of Edward Snowden, reviving talk about how the mainstream press has treated Snowden and @ggreenwald.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 11, 2013
Snowden would've been a smarter move for Time
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) December 11, 2013
Edward Snowden, and not Pope Francis, should have been Time's Person of the Year http://t.co/wm5b2Oc14v
— kottke.org (@kottke) December 11, 2013
No Ed Snowden? Yeah, Pope’s been interesting, but is he really most fascinating person of year? Once again, fear. pic.twitter.com/mcHY3bDKtu
— Mike Signorile (@MSignorile) December 11, 2013
I would've made #Snowden Person of the Year and short-listed Francis for person of the Century. #LongGame
— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosLozadaWP) December 11, 2013
I would've chose Snowden over the Pope. Not a value judgment by any means, but Snowden's impact is likely just begun.
— John Nolte (@NolteNC) December 11, 2013
Time chose Pope Francis, but Snowden is @TheSwitch's Person of the Year. No one impacted the news more than him. http://t.co/Amfm4V0QpO
— Andrea Peterson (@kansasalps) December 11, 2013
Nobody asked but I would pick #Snowden for all that he revealed about our gov't. But hard to argue with @Pontifex (literally) #TIMEPOY
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) December 11, 2013
The Pope is @TIME Person of the Year. Fair enough I guess. Still would have gone for Snowden myself, but meh.
— Kamahl Santamaria (@KamahlAJE) December 11, 2013
No question the Pope is an important figure. But also no question that no one affected global events this year as much as Edward Snowden.
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) December 11, 2013
[photos via Twitter, TIME]
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