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media man

0Dear friend and teacher,02br
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00Part of the problem (I think "problem" refers to 01i00Time02i00 choosing "You" as the "Person of the Year") is 00institutional00.00 00The 00issue00 was written entirely by regular Time staffers and contributors who seem to have great difficulty understanding this strange new00 media man00--especially the part about his hatred of 00condescension00.02br
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00What does "media man" refer to? Does it refer to01i00 Time02i00? But I don't know why the author say 01i00Time 02i00staffers have difficulty understanding this media man's hatred of condescension. Thank you very much for your great help.0-
  

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0This seems to be an article about the appropriateness of choosing all the 01i 00Time02i 00 magazine readers (or whoever looks into the mirrored cover of the magazine) as Person of the Year 2006. Many commentors thought that this choice was lame, that 01i 00Time 02i 00staff had had no better idea, so they chose the Average Person as their Person of the Year. But the average person is now a media person ('Media Man'), a cosmopolitan reader, aware of world events, and familiar with phenomena like media hype-- he is more likely to feel offended (01i 00Time02i 00 apparently condescending to choose him as P of the Y by default) than gratified at the 'honor'.

— Mister Micawber

  • 0This seems to be an article about the appropriateness of choosing all the 01i 00Time02i 00 magazine readers (or whoever looks into the mirrored cover of the magazine) as Person of the Year 2006.
  • Many commentors thought that this choice was lame, that 01i 00Time 02i 00staff had had no better idea, so they chose the Average Person as their Person of the Year.
  • But the average person is now a media person ('Media Man'), a cosmopolitan reader, aware of world events, and familiar with phenomena like media hype-- he is more likely to feel offended (01i 00Time02i 00 apparently condescending to choose him as P of the Y by default) than gratified at the 'honor'.
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0This seems to be an article about the appropriateness of choosing all the 01i00Time02i00 magazine readers (or whoever looks into the mirrored cover of the magazine) as Person of the Year 2006. Many commentors thought that this choice was lame, that 01i00Time 02i00staff had had no better idea, so they chose the Average Person as their Person of the
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