Ronan Farrow should without question be Time’s “Man of the Year”

Endorse

Will also accept him receiving a Pulitzer.

It’s kind of hard to argue against Ronan if the pick isn’t Trump


Considering the publication, it will probably be Colin Kaperkneel

Rennis just won "Seattle Person of the Year 2017"

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Will also accept him receiving a Pulitzer.

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That I’d be shocked if he didn’t receive. It’s one of the most influential pieces in American History.

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It’s one of the most influential pieces in American History.

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um, yeah I think you're going way overboard there.

and btw I will laugh my arse off at the feminist outrage of a man getting the recognition for their "movement"

Good under the radar pick. I thought we had seen the last of old Ronan after he had been gifted a primetime MSNBC slot and flopped badly.

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Good under the radar pick. I thought we had seen the last of old Ronan after he had been gifted a primetime MSNBC slot and flopped badly.

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Unfortunately unless one is hyperpartisan and/or a master showman, it's hard to not flop in the primitime in the 24 hour news networks. And the legitimate stuff is usually in the prime working hours when there aren't as many available viewers.

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the declaration of independence, the federalist papers, the constitution...you want me to keep going? all the way down to 20th century fiction.

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Media, not government. Obviously any Amendment and many laws qualify.

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it's a huge cause and effect, but influence? no way jose

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There’s hardly any difference between cause and effect and influence. Did Karl Marx influence many people in his lifetime? Not really. It took 30 years after his death for people to really go along with his ideas. Would anyone doubt that the Communist Manifesto is one of the most influential works ever written? No. Personally I think if Marx knew the hundreds of millions that would die due to writing that pamphlet, he probably would have killed himself.

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Media, not government

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i'll play ball. the constitution is government, so i'll give you that. the declaration iffy on government, it was the continental congress; however, it was published for distribution (20 or so copies known to exist)

the federalist papers were published by the media...they were written to promote (influence) the ratification of the constitution. they are still used by federal judges to interpret the constitution. there's just no debating that one.

woodward and Bernstein's reporting on Watergate remarkably influenced our perceptions of government

I would throw in Thomas paine's common sense.

now let's just start with the obvious works of fiction...to kill a mockingbird, uncle tom's cabin, catcher in the rye...sticking with today's theme...the awakening, the scarlet letter (a big one), moby dick...these are very influential and have had lasting impacts on people's attitudes about religion, feminism, slavery, criminal justice, racism

to kill a mockingbird, as jake tapper so obviously pointed out, is relevant to this discussion.

I get you're excited, but the most influential piece ever? not by a long shot. a brief history of time is super influential by providing a layman's understanding of general relativity and quantum mechanics.