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Tx4obama

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Thu Aug 16, 2012, 06:36 PM Aug 2012

Fareed Zakaria Cleared By Time, CNN In Plagiarism Investigation [View all]



Fareed Zakaria is off the hook at both Time magazine and CNN after he was admitted plagiarizing a New Yorker column last Friday.

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Time announced Thursday that upon investigating Zakaria's columns, it has determined that the transgression was "an unintentional error" and "an isolated incident." A spokesperson for the magazine said:

We have completed a thorough review of each of Fareed Zakaria’s columns for TIME, and we are entirely satisfied that the language in question in his recent column was an unintentional error and an isolated incident for which he has apologized. We look forward to having Fareed's thoughtful and important voice back in the magazine with his next column in the issue that comes out on September 7.


Later, CNN also announced that it has cleared Zakaria in its investigation. He will return on August 26.

Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/16/fareed-zakaria-time-columns-review_n_1792081.html



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Never listened to a more even handed, insightful, unprejudiced, and intelligent person on the tv. nt 2on2u Aug 2012 #1
and an admitted plagiarist. some people get fired for it. i guess the 'elect' don't, same as HiPointDem Aug 2012 #3
If he'd only keep it to a four paragraph maximum.... and put a little link thingy.... seems to 2on2u Aug 2012 #4
you're comparing journalists to chatroom participants? really? HiPointDem Aug 2012 #10
I'm comparing copyrighted material to copyrighted material. You? n't 2on2u Aug 2012 #11
zakaria didn't quote with attribution. he minimally paraphased large chunks of someone else's HiPointDem Aug 2012 #12
Yes, I understand that..... like I said if only he used to four paragraph max with attributes. n't 2on2u Aug 2012 #13
what I saw was mostly just stating stats, years, facts. Whisp Aug 2012 #15
baloney. HiPointDem Aug 2012 #16
Yeah, if he hadn't rewritten it to try to hide it, and if he had put in a link, he'd have been OK muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #14
Good. Glad to hear it. eom Maeve Aug 2012 #2
he's still a plagiarist, whether he gets a pass or not. HiPointDem Aug 2012 #5
It could be isolated, but there's no way that is 'unintentional' muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #7
I agree. Lone_Star_Dem Aug 2012 #8
Yep, I agree too twins.fan Aug 2012 #17
Good. Now let's move on. Major Hogwash Aug 2012 #6
Here's his statement. lightcameron Aug 2012 #9
1. Zakaria apologized for what, then? 2. The two passages show blatant plagiarism CabCurious Aug 2012 #18
doubly not his work, then. plagiarized & ghost-written (ghost-plagiarized). HiPointDem Aug 2012 #19
Exactly, but I feel this has lessened him and journalism CabCurious Aug 2012 #20
I'm glad to hear he was reinstated davidpdx Aug 2012 #21
Maybe now Zakaria can get on with pimping the next war (Iran), in his coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #22
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