Time Magazine Still Stuck on Che Guevara/ Humberto Fontova

By Humberto Fontova

Time Magazine just listed Che Guevara among the world’s top 25 political icons. Che ranks number 9, between Adolph Hitler (8) and Ronald Reagan (10). Mao Tse Tung ranks 3^rd, Genghis Khan 5^th, and Mohandas Gandhi 1^st.
So okay, Time’s obviously not making a moral judgment call here. “We look at world leaders whose legacies have stood the test of time,” they explain. Fine. Sounds perfectly reasonable and objective.

In this image, a sunny disposition. In real life…not so much.

Time Magazine’s last ranking of Che Guevara in 1999 as among “The 100 Most Important People of the Century,” at first glance also appeared objective. Until you read further and found that they placed Che in the “Heroes and Icons” section, alongside Anne Frank, Andrei Sakharov, Rosa Parks and Mother Theresa. On FoxNews Alan Colmes scoffed at my claim for this–then gaped (semi-) apologetically at my proof.
“Nothing could be more vicariously gratifying than Che Guevara’s disdain for material comfort and everyday desires,” read Time’s Encomium to Che Guevara in 1999 composed by Duke Professor Ariel Dorfman, whose “research” overlooked a couple details.

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