The editors of Time and Forbes magazines have apparently lost their minds. The former has its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world out this week. And on the list of Leaders & Revolutionaries, right there with Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, and Hillary Clinton is a man named Joaquin Guzman, whom Henry Luce's first-born mag helpfully identifies as a "druglord" and "kingpin." We are not told which one he is--leader or revolutionary. Earlier in the year Forbes listed Guzman on its list of the world's billionaires. What a fun idea! List the mass murderers with the legit powerful when they reach a certain level of influence. Why not post-rehab Sam Giancana and John Gotti if sheer muscle can get you on the list of the elite?
We've watched Time disintegrate before our reading eyes over the last several years, but surely they have hit bottom with this issue. Ink-stained wretches they indeed are.
1 comment:
right on! I intentionally stopped my TIME subscription the day they put dubya as person of the year....and that was after subscribing since 1962.
DB
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