Steve Jobs could be first posthumously-named Person of the Year
Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was nominated to be Time magazine's Person of the Year, and if selected could could become the first person to be posthumously awarded the distinction.
It was announced on Wednesday that the late Jobs was nominated by "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams to be Time's 2011 Person of the Year, something that the magazine has never done, according to CBS News.
Williams led the annual panel debate in New York, along with Time's Managing Editor Rich Stengel who noted that the publication has "never actually chosen a dead person" as Person of the Year. Panelists included actor Jesse Eisenberg, Saturday Night Live head writer Seth Meyers, lawyer and professor Anita Hill, lobbyist Grover Norquist, and chef Mario Batali.
"One guy, who changed our world, and I said to Seth Meyers as we walked across Sixth Avenue, 'Just look with me on this one block walk at how he changed the world around us. Look at how he changed the world,'" Williams said during his nomination speech. "'Oh the places you'll go' and oh the way you will change forever the music and television industries. So may he rest in peace, Steve Jobs, and the spirit he represents, are my nominee for Person of the Year."
Besides Jobs, notable nominees inlude U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, the late Tunisian fruit vendor credited for starting the Arab Spring Mohamed Bouazizi and lead organizer of the uprising in Cairo Esraa Abdel Fatah.
Much of the debate focused on whether a deceased individual should be given the distinction, with Eisenberg saying that doing so would be akin to the Oscars giving best director to someone who just died when they really deserved a lifetime achievement award.
However, it seemed Jobs was the leading contender in the debate as Batali and Norquist both agreed with Williams' nomination.
?The smartphone has changed the world as much as the Bible has,? Batali said.
Jobs has been previously nominated for the honor, coming up short last year to Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.
Time's Person of the Year will be revealed in December.
It was announced on Wednesday that the late Jobs was nominated by "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams to be Time's 2011 Person of the Year, something that the magazine has never done, according to CBS News.
Williams led the annual panel debate in New York, along with Time's Managing Editor Rich Stengel who noted that the publication has "never actually chosen a dead person" as Person of the Year. Panelists included actor Jesse Eisenberg, Saturday Night Live head writer Seth Meyers, lawyer and professor Anita Hill, lobbyist Grover Norquist, and chef Mario Batali.
"One guy, who changed our world, and I said to Seth Meyers as we walked across Sixth Avenue, 'Just look with me on this one block walk at how he changed the world around us. Look at how he changed the world,'" Williams said during his nomination speech. "'Oh the places you'll go' and oh the way you will change forever the music and television industries. So may he rest in peace, Steve Jobs, and the spirit he represents, are my nominee for Person of the Year."
Besides Jobs, notable nominees inlude U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, the late Tunisian fruit vendor credited for starting the Arab Spring Mohamed Bouazizi and lead organizer of the uprising in Cairo Esraa Abdel Fatah.
Much of the debate focused on whether a deceased individual should be given the distinction, with Eisenberg saying that doing so would be akin to the Oscars giving best director to someone who just died when they really deserved a lifetime achievement award.
However, it seemed Jobs was the leading contender in the debate as Batali and Norquist both agreed with Williams' nomination.
?The smartphone has changed the world as much as the Bible has,? Batali said.
Jobs has been previously nominated for the honor, coming up short last year to Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.
Time's Person of the Year will be revealed in December.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_spring
Batali's statement that the smartphone has changed the world as much as the Bible will get him some heat.
"Death to infidels and blasphemers.
Sent from my iPhone"
"Death to infidels and blasphemers.
Sent from my iPhone"
I mean, this is America where people couldn't handle John Lennon saying the Beatles were bigger than Jesus and he thought that was a bad thing. I think it's just plain dumb to say considering all the wars that have been fought for religion, when the strongest war you have in smartphones is iOS vs Android heh.
Sure Apple did well this year, and many mourn the passing of Jobs, but there were no truly significant products introduced this year, merely updates on existing devices/designs.
The Bible may have changed the world, but whether it actually made the world a better place is debatable.
Why?
Sure Apple did well this year, and many mourn the passing of Jobs, but there were no truly significant products introduced this year, merely updates on existing devices/designs.
Person of the year isn't required to make a widget. Andy Grove was person of the year in 1997 and he didn't build anything that year. You don't even have to be nice: Hitler won the award in 1938. Historically, to be Person of the Year, you need to be in the news a lot - and Steve was. The fact that his impact on society is frequently compared to Walt Disney, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison increases his odds. The fact that Steve's business reached a milestone this year as most valuable company in the world, after being near bankruptcy when he arrived, is a plus in his favor.
Person of the year isn't required to make a widget. Andy Grove was person of the year once and he didn't build anything that year. You don't even have to be nice: Hitler won the award in 1938. Historically, to be Person of the Year, you need to be in the news a lot - and Steve was. The fact that his impact on society is frequently compared to Walt Disney, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison increases his odds.
Well then give him some kind of lifetime achievement recognition, because 'Person of the Year' just doesn't seem appropriate in this case.
Too many questionable and unethical news surrounding Steve and Apple. I hope he doesn't get it.
The trolls are out early on this thread...
and every other great price there is.
Steves company have changed the whole world to the better. No one else have done that.
Then again, it IS Time, so what does it really matter?
Too many questionable and unethical news surrounding Steve and Apple. I hope he doesn't get it.
Oh, wait. Godwin's Law means that I lose and he's right, doesn't it?
Darn, should have chosen the Stalin cover.
Man of the Year: Mohamed Bouazizi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_spring
Give me a break.
That moron should get the Darwin award for the year.
You don't give out awards for Man of the Year to idiots who set themselves on fire.
Too many questionable and unethical news surrounding Steve and Apple. I hope he doesn't get it.
"Too many.... news?!"
Too much booze?
They dissed Steve Jobs many years ago, when he should have been on the cover, and Time magazine is a crappy magazine, so I don't think that they should give him the award now. It's too late and it's a meaningless award.