I concur -- no other group has done so much to start opening up our institutions to the will of the people, no other group has so much potential to bring positive change!
From Steve Rubel:
The Person of the Year is defined as follows:
"Person of the Year is an annual issue of TIME magazine that features a profile on the man, woman, couple, group, idea, place, or machine that "for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year"
For 2004, I cannot think of a single person or persons that had a greater influence on society than the bloggers. Let's remind them by making our voice heard. If you think about American politics, media, business - no one, no one had a greater influence for better or worse than the bloggers. Not Osama Bin Laden. Not Sadaam Hussein. Not John Kerry. No one. The bloggers absolutely deserve to be this year's People of the Year.
Check Steve's site for info on how you can speak your mind on this!
I am a reporter for Asia Times Online (www.atimes.com) covering media developments in the region. I agree that bloggers should be the "Time" Persons of the Year. I am now working on an article on those dedicated and tireless Asian bloggers who have provided on-the-scene reporting and photoblogs from the tragic Asian tsunami. I wish to get comments from you and others on the efforts of these bloggers to bring aid relief and accurate reporting on the missing to the world.
Please send me an e-mail at [email protected]
James Borton
Posted by: James Borton | December 31, 2004 at 03:51 PM