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Originally Posted by John_W
I read the Sun everyday but watch no TV news, I hate hearing about politics and crime, which is why I moved to TV. We do have on HLN quite often because my wife likes the court trials which they sometimes cover since Courtv went off the air. I have never heard her name or know anything about her until now. I find this amazing that she is this well known and yet I had to google her to know what this was about. I find it hard to believe that some would want her to be a person of the year for simply making tweets online about the weather. That doesn't seem to qualify for a person such as Gary Sinese or my suggestion of a couple of years ago, Tim Tebo which was deleted from this thread for some reason that is beyond me These are people who actually accomplish meaningful things that help people in need.
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Originally Posted by Northwoods
I agree with you. This person was not familiar to me. I'm sure she is in certain circles... but not to me. TO me... it just feeds the narrative about the media.
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If someone is not familiar with Greta I suggest they only watch and read a specific form of news. She was chosen for far more than her tweets! Or perhaps there is a misunderstanding of Time's criteria for being selected the person or thing of the year, even after reading exactly what their criteria are??? Simply helping people in need is not a reason for becoming Time's Person of the Year.
Furthermore, I don't believe moving to The Villages is the place people move because they don't want to hear about politics. That is truly laughable! If one does not receive any type of news via the media (TV, newspaper, Internet), how does anyone know about what is going on locally or throughout the world???