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No, it's not Trump and Putin. This year, Time took the unusual step of honoring "The Guardians," slain journalists ranging from Saudi Arabian reporter Jamal Khashoggi to the five staffers of the Capital Gazette in Maryland, who lost their lives to a mass shooting in June. This marks the first instance that the weekly magazine has chosen people who gave their lives while pursuing the truth, said Edward Felsenthal, Time's editor-in-chief.

"As we looked at the choices, it became clear that the manipulation and abuse of truth is really the common thread in so many of this year's major stories," he told NBC's Today show.