Time magazine announced its “Person of the Year” early Tuesday morning to very little fanfare but a whirlwind of scathing criticism from those unimpressed by the media’s self-importance.

“The Guardians—Jamal Khashoggi, the Capital Gazette, Maria Ressa, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo—are TIME’s Person of the Year 2018,” the magazine wrote in a tweet, referencing several journalists who’ve been either imprisoned or executed this year.

Jamal Khashoggi of The Washington Post was allegedly assassinated by the Saudi Arabian government in October for reasons that remain unclear.

The Guardians—Jamal Khashoggi, the Capital Gazette, Maria Ressa, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo—are TIME’s Person of the Year 2018 #TIMEPOY https://t.co/HvoEaW5oUi pic.twitter.com/9Mr0wBTmvj — TIME (@TIME) December 11, 2018

Maria Ressa, the CEO of the Filipino news publisher Rappler, has allegedly faced a “campaign of legal harassment” from Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte.

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe of Reuters were reportedly sentenced to nearly a decade in a Myanmar prison earlier this year for their reporting on the genocide of Rohingya Muslims.

And the The Capital Gazette is a Maryland-based paper where over the summer a deranged man with a longtime vendetta committed a mass shooting that left five employees dead.

While there’s no doubt that journalists don’t deserve to be mistreated for performing the duties of their jobs, some feel as if this announcement amounts to the media patting itself on the back.

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We named ourselves person of the year — Rob Reber (@Robb_R9) December 11, 2018

Oh brother. Journalists call journalists Persons of the Year. And I have an annoucement too: I declare that I am the Person of the Year. Thank you for this honor, Andy. — Andy Martin (@Dollarlogic) December 11, 2018

Usual propaganda of liberals and its supporters giving awards, hahaha! Time magazine can even give The Journalist of the Universe but cannot erase the fact that she is tax evader hahaha! — allain cervantes (@allain_z) December 11, 2018

I love when liberals dress up and pretend to be journalists. And on top of that they’re giving themselves awards now. ? #weknowwhoyouare — JEREMY (@JAYVEZEE) December 11, 2018

Time “Person of the Year” has become a complete joke!! Stop wasting your ink. — Rachelle Sogn (@RdSogn) December 11, 2018

A foreign gvt killing a foreigner in a foreign country? This shit happens every day. Seems liberals pick and choose… — MeanieMike (@MikeH58402159) December 11, 2018

Liberals giving liberals “awards” is always amusing. — PC (@patrick552) December 11, 2018

Time is considered to be a virulently left-wing outlet because of its anti-Trump headlines and its propensity for making up stories to score political points against the president.

Earlier this year it plastered the picture of a crying illegal immigrant girl on its cover and claimed she’d been separated from her mother by President Donald Trump’s administration. That turned out to be a glaring lie — perhaps even the lie of the year.

Time’s announcement Tuesday may likewise be dishonest. In the case of Khashoggi, he was reportedly a “Deep State” spook with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.

And in the case of Ressa, the so-called “campaign of legal harassment” may in fact just be the Philippines Department of Justice rightfully enforcing the nation’s laws.

“Rappler president Maria Ressa on Tuesday posted a P204,000 bail at the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) for three cases of failure to file tax returns and one case of tax evasion filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ),” ABS-CBN News has reported, suggesting she’s not a victim of harassment but rather a tax cheat.

Twitter users were quick to note these discrepancies to the magazine.

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Right, because Osama bin Laden friend Jamal Khashoggi deserves it, right? pic.twitter.com/uG41Ala8T3 — Margie? (@MargieSokolow) December 11, 2018

Great decision to celebrate jihadist fascists like Khashoggi? — Biera (@BieraSap) December 11, 2018

Person of the Year… Khashoggi Muslim Brotherhood

Friend to Bin Laden

Spy for Alwaheed Bin Talal (Funded 9-11) Oh and NOT a US Citizen or Green Card holder. ???#GreatChoice Q Anon — Shadowbanned Danny ❌ (@BackUpIsHere) December 11, 2018

Maria Ressa… TIME person of the year today.. convicted tax evader tomorrow ??? — pinoyako17 (@pinoypo17) December 11, 2018

Lol what a joke to include Maria Ressa a tax evader and fake news peddler in the Philippines. @Time just lost the little credibility they left. ? — ?❤️???? (@forthenationPH) December 11, 2018

Call yourselves clueless journalists who are totally oblivious about the crime of tax evasion. Ressa and her blogger outfit can’t move public opinion against a highly popular and trusted President even with all their distorted and slanted ‘reporting’. — Dagr2013 (@Dagr_2013) November 13, 2018

The so-called “Guardians,” as the magazine has chosen to refer to the journalists, were among several finalists, including President Vladimir Putin, special counsel Robert Mueller, President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s debunked accuser, Christine Blasey Ford.

The media revealed the finalists Monday. The announcement received a similar dose of criticism.

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Separated Families, Christine Blasey Ford Among Finalists for TIME’s 2018 Person of the Year https://t.co/xDdtARHQY0 via @BreitbartNews Illegal alien law breakers and a sociopathic liar…and @TIME wonders why they need welfare to stay afloat. — Chuck Costin (@ChuckCostin) December 11, 2018

Separated Families, Christine Blasey Ford Among Finalists for TIME’s 2018 Person of the Year https://t.co/xDdtARHQY0 via @BreitbartNews Illegal alien law breakers and a sociopathic liar…and @TIME wonders why they need welfare to stay afloat. — Chuck Costin (@ChuckCostin) December 11, 2018

All three are joke. Awarding Mueller is as stupid as it was for Obama to win the peace prize BEFORE HE DID ANYTHING! Khashoggi was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood – he was simply a victim he had never done anything really great and the Biggest joke of all lying Ford. — Eric Mauer (@EricofRochester) December 11, 2018