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INSIDE THE RED BORDER. REACTIONS TO OUR 2011 COVERS

‘I want to believe; I am just not seeing it where I live.’

DAVID COFFIN, Ada, Ohio, on our report on job creation [Jan. 17]

‘thank you @TIME. made the 2011 #TIME100 list. #honored.’

JUSTIN BIEBER, on Twitter, on the TIME 100 list of the world’s most influential people [May 2]

‘TIME’s cover photo of the partial shredding of the U.S. Constitution is disgraceful, distasteful–and protected by the very document you shred.’

FRED WALKER, Philadelphia, on the Constitution in crisis [July 4]

‘I cautiously opened the issue and came away strengthened.’

LORI COFFEY, Lake Forest, Calif., on our 9/11 commemorative issue [Sept. 19]

‘Steve Jobs’ Death Prompts TIME to Stop the Presses’

Headline in the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS [Oct. 17]

‘I was disappointed in how little time you spent addressing the relationship between natural gas and climate change. This question deserves the thorough coverage for which your magazine has distinguished itself.’

WES ERNSBERGER, Owego, N.Y., on using shale to solve the energy crisis [April 11]

‘Your special report was superb, the best issue in my 65-plus years as a subscriber. Thank you for a job well done in both substance and style.’

JOHN CARBONNEAU, Tampa, on “The End of bin Laden [May 20]

‘I’VE LIVED FOR 44 YEARS THINKING I WAS THE FAVORITE CHILD. I’M REALLY GLAD MY MOM’S NOT IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW.’

ANDERSON COOPER, on Anderson, on the science of favoritism [Oct. 3]

‘You’re not snuffing out the American Dream, are you?’

BOB WOODWARD, on Morning Joe, on our assessment of social mobility in America [Nov. 14]

‘Great story. I commend TIME magazine for talking about the future.’

SENATOR MARK BEGICH, Democrat of Alaska, on the Senate floor, on the revival of the U.S. auto industry [Dec. 19]

RESPONSE TIME. WHAT CAUGHT OUR READERS’ ATTENTION

Stuff readers loved:

Joe Klein’s cover story on the new Greatest Generation

Jon Meacham’s “In God We Trust,” on religion and politics

Anything David Von Drehle wrote

Stuff that inspired readers to help:

A story on students getting hoodwinked by for-profit colleges

A photo of an ill child in Chernobyl

Our health special on chronic pain

Stuff readers corrected:

Florida is home to both crocodiles and alligators

The Medal of Honor is not won; it’s awarded

Those weren’t cows in that picture of drought-stricken pastureland in Texas–they were sheep and goats. Oops!

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