It’s that time of the year once again, when TIME 100 magazine features “The Most Influential People of the Year” . Our very dear Sanjaya Malakar makes it to the list. He truly deserves a slot on the list. He took America
Believe it or not, Sanjy is virtually side by side the big names like J.K. Rowling (author of the Harry Potter series), Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios), and Bono (U2). He is currently swinging on the top 10 spot (already garnering over 35,000 votes). He even outnumbered the votes of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, John Mayer, George Clooney, Nelson Mandela, Bill Gates, among others.
AGE: 17
OCCUPATION: Former American Idol contestant
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: Millions voted him into the top 7 finalists of American Idol. His clever performances, creative hair styles and happy-go-lucky attitude gave
CON: Some argue that his advancement on Idol was fuelled by Howard Stern’s votefortheworst.com campaign. Widely considered to be a horrible singer.
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I was wandering around the internet and came across your banner saying Sanjaya is influential. I don’t understand how someone could become influential by doing nothing. It’s shameful that we lack the ability to understand what it means to become influential. I do not see him doing charity work. Where is he teaching kids to read? What inventions has he developed? Has he created a new movement for style? Song? Painting? Writing? No none of the above. What has he done to deserve to become counted as part of America’s Top 100? Nothing. It was nice that he was able to become part of American Idol’s top performers. Go team - but it wasn’t him who put him anywhere. By the way his “clever performances & creative hair styles” were not his own: but fueled by others. We call them the stylists who job it is to recreate the ’stars’ into a celebrity status. Guess what Americans - The “Idols” barely have anything to do with that process more than showing up. It’s shameful how we can stand idly by and allow someone to earn laurels for doing nothing. What has he done? Jimmy Carter built houses - that is infulential because it teaches us to help others. Sanjaya can’t even get keys to his home town. You know why? They aren’t clouded by misconception. He isn’t horrible, doesn’t have no talent. I recognize that he has something but is he so good that he should become compared to the likes of authors, architects, and developers? No he should not. He has not done anything to warrent such attention. In fact the attention he has recieved IS due to Howard Stern’s campaign. If not for it, Sanj would have kissed his ass good bye on the show week one. If you want to talk influence - Howard Stern should be on the list. To have Influence is to cause a mindset, a thought process or similar intrest in people that is not common. You want influencial - think Hitler. He convinced people to think and do things not of their own thought. Sanj doesn’t compare. He lacks in this department. Find someone who actually is influencial and write about them. Is America sliding so far into the cesspool of ignorance that we believe what celebrities and newpapers tell us? This isn’t about Sanjaya being a person who can great a great thought in others because we know he cant’. It is about the media misproportioning that Sanjaya is something more than normal.
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