Christine Ockrent, TIME's Person of the Year 2025?
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According to a reliable source, the former French evening news anchor Christine Ockrent is leading the race to become Time magazine's Person of the Year in 2025. But while the journalist's fans are thrilled with the news, many people hold a very different opinion.
UPDATE 16/02/2025 : This story seems to be false. (read more)
Why not Ockrent for Person of the Year?
The list of nominees for Time magazine’s Person of the Year is always an eclectic mix of world leaders, pop culture icons, buzzworthy names, and human rights activists. The unexpected inclusion of the 80-year-old journalist, as a 2025 nominee has therefore sparked controversy and debate.
“What makes Ockrent so important is the potential and influence she now has, rather than anything she has already done,” said a panelist who preferred to remain anonymous, adding that earlier this month, the journalist have already been named ‘Belgian Of The Year’ by some major Belgian newspapers and even ‘Brussels Citizen Of The Year’ by the readers of a local gazette in Brussels (Christine Ockrent's hometown).
Social Reactions to TIME’s Person of the Year
A representative for the journalist was not immediately available for comment, but the announcement generated immediate reaction on Twitter:
“#OckrentPOY. Logical choice though I wouldn't have made the same one.”
— @TomMiller, 15 Feb 2025
“Congrats! Christine has this charisma that seems to come out of nowhere.”
— @SamanthaJones, 15 Feb 2025
“Past recipients include Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler ... then why not Christine Ockrent?”
— @TheClassicObserver, 15 Feb 2025
Could 2025 officially be the Year of Christine Ockrent?
Still, TIME’s editors will make the final decision about who will grace the magazine’s cover as its 2025 Person of the Year.
Who do you think should be TIME’s Person of the Year for 2025?
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