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  • 2018-08-24 (xsd:date)
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  • Is Colin Kaepernick on the Cover of Time Magazine as the 2018 'Person of the Year?' (en)
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  • In August 2018, an image purportedly showing an upcoming cover of Time magazine featuring NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick as the publication's Person of the Year was circulated on social media: This is not a picture of a genuine issue of Time, nor has Kaepernick been named the magazine's Person of the Year for 2018. Time typically announces their Person of the Year in December (at the end of the year), and only after a shortlist of candidates has been published. As of this writing, neither of those announcements have been made. The photograph used for this fake Time cover came from a cover story about Kaepernick that was published in GQ in November 2017. The former 49ers quarterback was named the Citizen of the Year in that issue for his efforts to start a national conversation about police brutality and racial inequality by kneeling during the playing of the national anthem before NFL games: Here's a look at Kaepernick's 2017 GQ cover (left) as well as the image from that story which was used for the fake Time cover: Kaepernick was a runner-up for Time's Person of the Year honor in 2017 and was truly featured on the magazine's cover in October 2016. Here's a look at Kaepernick's genuine Time cover as well as an excerpt from the magazine's 2017 shortlist entry about the NFL player: (en)
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