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Bill Gates, Time Magazine "Person of the Year"

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the charity-gets-you-far dept.

klubar writes "Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, were named Time Magazine "Persons of the Year". He was joined in this honor with Irish rocker Bono-all being named for being "Good Samaritans" who made a difference."

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  1. As did Stalin... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...twice.

  2. Re:Well. by QuietLagoon · · Score: 1, Redundant
    he does give an awful lot of money to charity,

    Relative to his vast wealth, he actually does not give a lot of money to charity, others contribute a far higher percentage than he does.

    All that this latest "honor" shows is that when you obtain money illegally, it is OK so long as you give small portions of it to charity.

    What most people do not know, is that there is extensive lobbying of Time magazine by the representatives of the person who wants to become Person of the Year. It is as much an influence-peddling award as anything else. Ditto for being knighted.

    Have you noticed that Gates is getting a lot of honors recently, just as Microsoft seems to be having a lot of internal problems, and just before a year of significant product launches? Do you think it all might be related?