-Caveat Lector- XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THURSDAY, JUNE 03, 1999 14:41:09 UTC XXXXX WORLD EXCLUSIVE: TIME MAGAZINE PLANNING TO NAME FDR 'MAN OF CENTURY' It will not be made official for another seven months, but the DRUDGE REPORT has learned, TIME magazine will name America's 32nd President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "THE MAN OF THE CENTURY!" TIME's Managing Editor Walter Isaacson has made the call and has been daydreaming outloud in recent weeks on what is expected to be TIME magazine's biggest selling issue ever. As speculation on the outside is just beginning, inside TIME magazine's elite editorial circle -- speculation is over. "In Walter's mind, after FDR, there's nothing but seconds," a senior magazine source revealed. And while editors will say that the choice has not yet been made, it can now be revealed that TIME will declare: FDR paved the way for what became the American Century. The naming of FDR will be held secret until late December, according to publishing sources, but preliminary plans have been drawn up for a network news special on TIME's big pick. As for Isaacson, the only thing he has to fear, is fear itself. TIME INC's editor-in-chief Norman Pearlstine has reportedly given Isaacson broad editorial control over the blockbuster issue. What convinced TIME to pick FDR? FDR was the giant who created big government -- in a time of big need. FDR, his advisors and the U.S. Congress passed into law the "New Deal" that lifted America out of the Great Depression. He created the Social Security Act which provided unemployment compensation and a program of old-age and survivors' benefits. "Isaacson will write a thoughtful, nuanced appreciation of the man who couldn't walk and yet raised a nation from its knees," whispers one insider. Isaacson will say that for the first time since 1789, FDR changed how Americans think about government -- what we owe it. Actual production on TIME's century end issue will begin months in advance of publication, late in the summer. Every expense will be made to ensure the secrecy of its content. TIME will devote up to 100 pages on "Man of the Century" and the runner-ups. But the naming of FDR is bound to cause complete controversy. As one conservative source familiar with Isaacson's thinking explained: "FDR is the boy Walter is going for in the end, and NOT because Yalta helped shape our world! It's Walter's way of detaching himself from the people he's supported [and sucked up to] all these years." But one TIME executive calls the choice of Franklin Roosevelt anything but controversial: "He is an obvious winner. He defined more than just a generation, he was one of the single most influential individuals America has ever seen. It would be a damn controversy if he was not chosen." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Filed by Matt Drudge Reports are moved when circumstances warrant http://www.drudgereport.com for steaks and breaks (c)DRUDGE REPORT 1999 DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
