Right-wing Hill columnist Joe Concha decided to chime in with his take on TIME magazine's Person of the Year award. The winners of the award were "The Guardians and the War on Truth," with Robert Mueller finishing in 2nd.
Before delving into Concha's column, the official criteria for the award is "the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year."
Having said that, here were the finalists for the award:
- Donald Trump
- Separated Families
- Vladimir Putin
- Robert Mueller
- Ryan Coogler
- Christine Blasey Ford
- Jamal Khashoggi
- March For Our Lives Activists
- Moon Jae-in
- Meghan Markle
So who did Concha think should have been added to that list? Brett Kavanaugh. The right-wing shill attempted to rationalize this by writing the following:
"If Ford is being considered, why not the person she accused of attempting to sexually assault her 36 years ago, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh? Both were needlessly exposed to a media avalanche in what became the most-watched political event, arguably, since the 2016 election, after a letter from Ford addressed to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D - Calif.) leaked to the press. The Senate could have investigated the matter without the media being involved, without a public hearing that turned Ford's and Kavanaugh's lives upside down. Derailing Kavanaugh's nomination was the goal, not getting to the truth.
When looking back on 2018, with most of the year in the rear-view mirror, the Kavanaugh hearings are the second thing that comes to mind from a media perspective after all-things Trump.
The person at the center of it was Kavanaugh. He undoubtedly is relieved to not be on the list, because winning would mean the whole horrific hearings and the things he was accused of being front and center for another full day - but he still should have been considered.
You could make an argument that Kavanaugh and Ford could both win given how their hearings dominated the country's attention."
He closed his piece (of garbage) with this:
"If Trump - the obvious first choice - is passed over, Kavanaugh and Ford are a strong second. By excluding Kavanaugh (and by likely snubbing Trump), the once-prestigious Time botches another 'Person of the Year' in the name of pushing an agenda."
Joe Concha made it a point that TIME should stick to the criteria they set forth many years ago, yet he seems to have only stuck to part of said criteria. While it's true the Kavanaugh hearings were front and center in the news media for a good week, also making multiple appearances on late-night talk shows and Saturday Night Live, how did the hearings greatly impact our lives like the author suggested? Before and after the Kavanaugh hearings, how much have we really heard or talked about the Kavanaugh hearings? Pretty much all I've read or heard about Brett Kavanaugh in recent weeks was when he angered conservatives with his seeming punts on Planned Parenthood votes. It's way too early to tell how much of an impact Brett Kavanaugh sitting on the Supreme Court will have on our lives. Perhaps years in the future we can look back and say, "Okay, that Concha fella may have had a point," but we can't do that today, which means it would have been nonsensical for TIME to have included Brett Kavanaugh's name as one of their finalists for Person of the Year.
Not only that, but regardless of the criterion's specifics, what would TIME be getting themselves into if they had awarded Brett Kavanaugh? Here's a guy who allegedly tried to rape a woman; became a permanent meme due to his constant talk about beer; and introduced us to the term boofing. When a headline could potentially read "Beer-Guzzling Rapist Boofer Named Person of the Year," that person should not even be considered for the award. So, speaking of award, congratulations to Joe Concha for winning my all-too-coveted Douche of the Week honor!
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/420669-times-person-of-the-year-has-lost-its-bite
Before delving into Concha's column, the official criteria for the award is "the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year."
Having said that, here were the finalists for the award:
- Donald Trump
- Separated Families
- Vladimir Putin
- Robert Mueller
- Ryan Coogler
- Christine Blasey Ford
- Jamal Khashoggi
- March For Our Lives Activists
- Moon Jae-in
- Meghan Markle
So who did Concha think should have been added to that list? Brett Kavanaugh. The right-wing shill attempted to rationalize this by writing the following:
"If Ford is being considered, why not the person she accused of attempting to sexually assault her 36 years ago, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh? Both were needlessly exposed to a media avalanche in what became the most-watched political event, arguably, since the 2016 election, after a letter from Ford addressed to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D - Calif.) leaked to the press. The Senate could have investigated the matter without the media being involved, without a public hearing that turned Ford's and Kavanaugh's lives upside down. Derailing Kavanaugh's nomination was the goal, not getting to the truth.
When looking back on 2018, with most of the year in the rear-view mirror, the Kavanaugh hearings are the second thing that comes to mind from a media perspective after all-things Trump.
The person at the center of it was Kavanaugh. He undoubtedly is relieved to not be on the list, because winning would mean the whole horrific hearings and the things he was accused of being front and center for another full day - but he still should have been considered.
You could make an argument that Kavanaugh and Ford could both win given how their hearings dominated the country's attention."
He closed his piece (of garbage) with this:
"If Trump - the obvious first choice - is passed over, Kavanaugh and Ford are a strong second. By excluding Kavanaugh (and by likely snubbing Trump), the once-prestigious Time botches another 'Person of the Year' in the name of pushing an agenda."
Joe Concha made it a point that TIME should stick to the criteria they set forth many years ago, yet he seems to have only stuck to part of said criteria. While it's true the Kavanaugh hearings were front and center in the news media for a good week, also making multiple appearances on late-night talk shows and Saturday Night Live, how did the hearings greatly impact our lives like the author suggested? Before and after the Kavanaugh hearings, how much have we really heard or talked about the Kavanaugh hearings? Pretty much all I've read or heard about Brett Kavanaugh in recent weeks was when he angered conservatives with his seeming punts on Planned Parenthood votes. It's way too early to tell how much of an impact Brett Kavanaugh sitting on the Supreme Court will have on our lives. Perhaps years in the future we can look back and say, "Okay, that Concha fella may have had a point," but we can't do that today, which means it would have been nonsensical for TIME to have included Brett Kavanaugh's name as one of their finalists for Person of the Year.
Not only that, but regardless of the criterion's specifics, what would TIME be getting themselves into if they had awarded Brett Kavanaugh? Here's a guy who allegedly tried to rape a woman; became a permanent meme due to his constant talk about beer; and introduced us to the term boofing. When a headline could potentially read "Beer-Guzzling Rapist Boofer Named Person of the Year," that person should not even be considered for the award. So, speaking of award, congratulations to Joe Concha for winning my all-too-coveted Douche of the Week honor!
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/420669-times-person-of-the-year-has-lost-its-bite
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