Responsible journalism
by digby
Was this a cop-out?
This week’s cover — TIME Person of the Year 2015: Angela Merkel #TIMEPOY https://t.co/ulDjnIh8xo pic.twitter.com/GSGSF19rCa— TIMEPolitics (@TIMEPolitics) December 10, 2015
In the past they weren’t afraid to pick the demagogue:
On the other hand, giving it to Trump would have made him even more popular so not giving it to him was a rare case of journalistic responsibility.