TIME's annual selection poll for the most influential persons of the year has concluded with the new Pope Francis taking the top of the spot. He is known as the man of the people, as well as for saying things that none of his predecessors have said.
[quote]Time Magazine chose Pope Francis as its 2013 “Person of the Year,†igniting criticism from those who believed Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor whose leaks sparked scrutiny into the breadth of U.S. surveillance programs, should have been chosen.
Former Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, who has continued to break stories based on Snowden’s leaks, told TPM that â€If it were a serious magazine with minimally brave editors, then of course Snowden would have been chosen, but I never expected him to be precisely because that’s not what Time is.
Time writes that “what makes this Pope so important is the speed with which he has captured the imaginations of millions who had given up on hoping for the church at all.†According to a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 57% of Americans have a positive view of the pope.
[quote]Time Magazine chose Pope Francis as its 2013 “Person of the Year,†igniting criticism from those who believed Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor whose leaks sparked scrutiny into the breadth of U.S. surveillance programs, should have been chosen.
Former Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, who has continued to break stories based on Snowden’s leaks, told TPM that â€If it were a serious magazine with minimally brave editors, then of course Snowden would have been chosen, but I never expected him to be precisely because that’s not what Time is.
Time writes that “what makes this Pope so important is the speed with which he has captured the imaginations of millions who had given up on hoping for the church at all.†According to a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 57% of Americans have a positive view of the pope.