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Julian Assange Could Be Time's 'Person Of The Year', And Is Also Still Not Dead (time.com)

Long-time Slashdot reader cstacy noticed Saturday that Julian Assange hadn't made any communications or public appearances in six weeks. But today an anonymous reader writes: Julian Assange is still not dead, reports The Inquisitr, noting "the WikiLeaks founder made his first appearance in weeks, speaking with an interviewer for a conference in Beirut" including comments about the recent death of Fidel Castro.

Assange is also in the running to be chosen as "Person of the Year" in Time magazine's annual online reader's poll, and last Monday even moved briefly into first place, inching past Donald Trump. "It's worth noting that the poll presents people alphabetically," Time reported, "so Assange is the first option participants consider and Trump comes near the end of the poll."

I think the poll's being hacked by state actors, since Vladimir Putin now leads with 38%, followed by Theresa May (16%) and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un (13%), and Donald Trump is locked in a tie for fourth place with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 9%. Time worked with Opentopic and IBM's Watson to assemble the initial list for reader's votes, which also included Apple CEO Tim Cook and FBI director James Comey. Surprisingly, a few celebrities also turned up on the list too, including comedian Samantha Bee, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Olympic gymnast Simone Biles.

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  1. Re:Time's "Person of the Year" is not chosen by po by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 3, Informative

    Indeed. He already won a prior reader poll, and Time chose someone else. There's no reason to think they won't do the same this time as well.

  2. Re: All Republicans and Trump backers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    College educated quite women were a tremendous help in getting Trump elected as well. While they were more likely to vote for Clinton, her advantage over Trump was only 6 points - 51 to 45.

  3. "Appearance" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you mean shitty audio and uncharacteristic commentary, then yeah, "he" made and "appearance".

    He has not been seen alive with any evidence since Oct 20th, period end of story.