FWIW, TIME's Person of the Year isn't based on merit. It's about influence in global discourse. #Morsi #letthehatebegin
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@asteris this debate happens every year. There's no direct influence on the selection. Last year's choice wasn't even a polling option. -
@krmaher I'm talking about the popular vote, obvs http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2128881_2129111,00.html … afaik, it's being polled every year -
@asteris yeah, and Erdogan won it last year. I doubt that was a truly representative global choice. -
@krmaher my point exactly. I also remember the PotC popular choice debacle (ballot stuffing for Atatürk) -
@asteris my original tweet was just irritation with the handwringing. Why does anyone take this seriously? Of course it's gamed. -
@krmaher I know, feel the same, but also understand frustrated Egyptians seeing this today on top of everything (a distraction, basically)
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