Who will be TIME's 2018 Person of the Year? Check out the shortlist

[brooklynite]

Today Show:

t’s that time of year.

TIME has narrowed down its shortlist of finalists for the magazine’s of 2018 Person of the Year.

The title is not necessarily an honor or award, but representative of the influence the person — or idea — has had on the news within the past year, for better or worse.

Who will be TIME's Person of the Year this year?Who will be TIME's Person of the Year this year?

TIME has made the designation every year since 1927. Last year, the magazine's editors selected The Silence Breakers, the individuals who spoke up and sparked a national reckoning over the prevalence of sexual harassment and assault.

[bearsfootball516]

1. My hunch is that it's going to be March For Our Lives

Impactful. Created a long-term discussion. Everybody loves kids.

[backtoblue]

14. I wish the Thai cave rescuers would've made the list.

I agree with the march for our lives.

[lunasun]

2. March For Our Lives is my vote just me

We marched locally and I am saddened that this has faded in media with all the other crap like Trump being needed to be addressed.

[brooklynite]

3. Might be seen as too similar to last year's "Silence Breakers"

[LanternWaste]

19. Anything "might" be seen as anything else.

Your prophecies are lacking.

[Dem_4_Life]

11. I agree this would be my vote.

Those kids and parents are amazing and totally deserving person of the year!

[DeminPennswoods]

4. Women is my guess

nt

[Buns_of_Fire]

5. Gotta go with the Rumpster on this one.

But only because of that phrase "for better or worse."

[Dem_4_Life]

10. Only he would take it as an honor.

Please Time Magazine don't name him person of the year.

[Buns_of_Fire]

17. Of course he would. He'd have the cover framed and hung everywhere

he could find the space. Only the people who read the accompanying article would know that the selection is no compliment by a long shot (which lets out Rump and his drooling, rabid fans).

If it happens, I'm sure TIME will also mention that Adolph Hitler was also "Man of the Year" in his day.

[D_Master81]

6. my thought

before even hearing who was the finalist was that it would be the separated families.

[dameatball]

8. Same here.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. I'm embarassed that I had to google Ryan Coogler.

Seems like a talented guy but his name didn't immediately jump out for me.

[octoberlib]

9. Why in the hell would Putin be on this list?

[Ron Obvious]

16. It's not a popularity contest

It's about who made the biggest impact on the news. Hitler and Stalin have both "won" it.

[JCMach1]

23. Should be Putin

Center-stage to everything going on in the world right now

[Blaukraut]

31. Putin as Person of the Year would definitely piss off Trump n/t

[scheming daemons]

12. It is being decided by journalists at Time.... it will be Khashoggi.

That's my bet.

[onenote]

13. My guess: a three-fer: Mueller, Trump and Putin

[Victor_c3]

15. I hate to say it, but trump makes the most sense to me on the list

Many of the other names are relevant because of trump.

Like him or not (and I guessing most here don’t like him), he has had a huge impact on a variety of issues over the last year. If it wasn’t for trump, I don’t think there would have been the Blue Wave that we saw during the elections.

[forgotmylogin]

36. As long as the photo is unflattering.

They just need to make sure that the photo of him is bad enough so he won’t want to hang it up in every single one of his stupid buildings.

[NewJeffCT]

18. I think it will be Jamal Khashoggi

symbolic of journalists and free speech under attack worldwide.

[Cha]

20. Why is Smock head even on

the list.. or Vladad?

It's between Separated Families and Jamaal Khashoggi for me.

Fraud should be Stupid Tweets of the Decade person.

[liberaltrucker]

21. My vote is Mueller-just to piss off Trump

[Vinca]

22. Sadly, I think it will be Trump.

"Person of the Year" doesn't mean "Best Person of the Year." It's who most influenced what's going on in the news for good or bad. Don is the King of Bad.

[smirkymonkey]

24. What is Meghan Markle doing on that list?

She married a prince. What is so important about that? Seems like kind of a frivolous choice.

[Totally Tunsie]

25. My first thought also.

Hers is a lucky accomplishment, not a life-changing, heroic, profound, or outrageous action.



That having been said, I vote for ABT..."Anyone But Trump".

[dewsgirl]

26. I hope Mueller or Khashoggi.

[empedocles]

28. Khashoggi would be a powerful, explosive, pick

[Doreen]

27. If it is trump then we will know Time is just another large company bowing to him

obediently. This will be the evidence of where they actually stand with the U.S and the world.

[enid602]

29. Katie Johnson

There's still time in 2018. I'm hoping for Katie Johnson.

[Elwood P Dowd]

30. When I first looked I thought Ryan Coogler was Ry Cooder.

71-year-old eyes and dirty glasses are a dangerous combination.

I sure hope they select Mueller. List his military honors and courage in combat along with his record prosecuting thugs and terrorists. Compare his past patriotism and service to that of the con artist Trump. Oh, and point out he is a republican. Might educate some of the brain dead population and tweak Trump enough to make him blow his top.

[gopiscrap]

32. Mueller

[Gothmog]

33. Jamal Khashoggi

Link to tweet

[keithbvadu2]

34. No matter... Donald will photoshop it and put it in his golf course clubhouses.

No matter... Donald will photoshop it and put it in his golf course clubhouses.

[oberliner]

35. Why do they do a poll and then ignore the results?

BTS was the winner - and they don't make the short list.

Second place was Planet Earth- also not on the short list.

Third was Thai Cave Dwellers - also not on the short list.

MBS was next - also not the short list.

Those 4 account for 30 percent of the votes on the "Time Magazine Person of the Year Reader's Poll" and none are on the short list.

What was the point of that poll?