On Wednesday morning when the Time’s person of the year was announced, Iran Protesters stood at 573,561 votes in first place. Second place was Barack Obama — a previous Time’s person of the year — at 111,848. Steve Jobs took third place with 86,729 votes. With 63,250 and an average rating of 32, which was almost a third of the average rating for Iran Protesters, was Ben Bernanke in sixth place.

Iranians believe, rightly so, that the smallest amount of media coverage could give them significant momentum and uncover the brutalities of the Iranian regime, which has historically shown to be extremely sensitive to media coverage. In this context, the Time Magazine could have done a significant favor for the Green Movement and global cause of human rights by selecting Iranians for its coveted title, forcing the Western media to give up its steadfast denial of the movement’s continued rigor and begin covering the events. Just five minutes of coverage every few days will do, and Americans won’t be surprised when the Iranian regime reaches its inevitable end.