Time, and Freedom of the Press

 Time Magazine and Freedom

Time magazine has gotten a lot of flack for putting Elon Musk on the cover as Person of the Year. 

I think that was good choice, as he has shown Ford, GM and Chrysler how to design, make and sell electric cars that will outperform any of the old gas guzzlers they make. 

He has also shown how to build reusable rockets to restart space travel by landing the rockets back on earth, ready for the next trip. He has already sent provisions to the International Space Station on contract for NASA. 

Boeing is still over a year away from their first test trials. Their last couple of years has been a constant reminder of David Graeber’s book “Bullshit Jobs.” Most older companies are full of middle managers who serve no creative purpose to a company, but only hinder progress toward the ultimate goal. 

Not to mention the 737 Max, where the managers cut corners to save money and time, and pushed a plane out the door that automatically dived into the ground if one sensor failed. 

So, yeah, Elon’s an asshole, but he is a genius as well. Sometimes I think they might go together. In any case, he has definitely changed the world for the better.

In this same Time magazine is an article that is far more worthy of criticism and shame. On page 24 is an article labeled Truth, written by Karl Vick. In it he castigates various countries around the world for their attempt to deny journalists the freedom to write and publish the truth.

How can anybody write such an article without even mentioning Daniel Ellsberg, Julian Assange, or Edward Snowden? He relates the forced landing of an airplane by Belarus to capture a journalist and escort him off the plane. He failed to mention the US caused the personal plane of the leader of Bolivia to land so they could search it for Edward Snowden, who wasn’t on board that day.

It makes me wonder if Mr Vick is an employee of the CIA, NSA, or FBI. The USA is no slouch when it comes to persecuting writers and journalists. The hypocrisy of Time magazine is appalling, 

They should rename it Pravda.  

Donald Rogers

December 26, 2021