• adarza@lemmy.ca
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    16 days ago

    just a reminder, ‘person of the year’ is not a ‘best person’ award.

    a person, group, idea, or object that “for better or for worse … has done the most to influence the events of the year”

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      16 days ago

      While this is true. Anything less than an objectively bad framing on Trump will be just more fluffing of him. He doesn’t care if coverage is slightly negative as long as he’s being covered. If they don’t outright call him a grifter liar and a monster. They will have failed still.

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        15 days ago

        Their description of him isn’t exactly complimentary.

        He has reshaped the American electorate, activating young male voters who propelled him to a decisive victory that saw him win the popular vote for the first time and turn every swing state red,” the outlet wrote. “Trump’s remarkable victory comes after he lost the 2020 election to Biden and repeatedly refused to accept the results. His 2024 win is history-making in multiple ways: he will be the oldest President in U.S. history, and he was convicted earlier this year by a New York jury of 34 counts of fraud, making him the first convicted felon to be elected President.