SBC
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If I were running TIME I would not be contacting the potential person of the year and asking for photo shoots and so forth. I would simply let it be a surprise to all. And if that is the way its really done, TIME'S comment would be appropriate.
Time mag receives many many suggestions of WHO individuals /groups think should be considered for Person of the Year.
The mag editors condense the "suggestions" to a handful to be "considered".
Time, as THEY SAID, do not publicly announce those being "considered".
(NOR did Trump claim they do, as Time falsely claimed).
Time DOES, contact those individually and privately, who are seriously being considered.
The purpose for TIME to contact, the individual, IS to seek their AGREEMENT, that "IF" they "ARE" selected, they WILL BE IN AGREEMENT to an interview and photo shoot;
The WHOLE purpose of having a special issue of Time "Person of the Year", is to HAVE their photo on the cover, AND an interviewing article WITH such person; WHICH requires the persons PERMISSION, ahead of the time, the mag is to be printed and ready for the sale to the public.
It is a long standing practice of Time mag., that among the few being considered, the US President is among the few being considered.
So, yes, it is of no surprise that Trump would have been personally contacted, to see if he would be in agreement to be photographed and interviewed.
Trump, simply announced he was contacted and declined to be photographed or interviewed BY Time mag. Which simply means, he is no longer on the "considered" list.
It is the EDITORS of Time mag, that review their handful on the "considered" list, THAT HAVE privately agreed with TIME MAG, to be photographed and interviewed;
THAT the EDITORS of Time mag, THEN consult together and CHOOSE the Person.
Once the person is chosen, the private photographs are taken, the private interview is conducted, the mag goes into production, ie print- and the MAG. reveals to the PUBLIC , their choice, by putting the Mag. on the newsstands.
God Bless,
SBC
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