Time's Man of the Year

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JON FRIEDMAN'S MEDIA WEB: Al Gore Will Be Time's Person Of The Year
November 12, 2007: 12:38 AM EST
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djhighlights/200711120038DO...

NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- After attending Time's discussion of who should be the magazine's Person of the Year, I reached two conclusions:

Al Gore looks like a shoo-in.

Time is blowing a major journalistic and marketing opportunity by bestowing only one award.

The Gore factor

Gore, 59, looms as a timely and popular selection. Through his respected documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," and his presentations, he has sparked interest in global warming and the environment. He has jump-started America's " green" movement more significantly than any other individual. That alone is noteworthy.

But over the past few years, Gore has come a long way. In 2006, the puffy ex- presidential hopeful looked like little more than a prime candidate for a Weight Watchers commercial. Then, in only the past nine months, he has accepted an Oscar and a Nobel Peace Prize.


He's the man, but only if he runs

Yankee Doodle's picture

Yes, He should be the man of the year, but only if he announces he's running for president in '08. If he doesn't run it's really strange since thie timing is so right and so many people want him. Something stinks...


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