Time and CNN suspend Fareed Zakaria for plagiarism
Time said it was suspending Zakaria for one month, "pending further review," and CNN said it had also suspended him for his journalistic misstep. CNN put no time limit on its suspension.
The sanctions came after Zakaria issued a public apology for borrowing from a recent New Yorker essay about gun control for a column he wrote for Time this week.
"Media reporters have pointed out that paragraphs in my Time column this week bear close similarities to paragraphs in Jill Lepore’s essay in the April 23rd issue of the New Yorker. They are right. I made a terrible mistake," Zakaria wrote in his apology.
"It is a serious lapse and one that is entirely my fault."
Ali Zelenko, a spokesman for Time, said the magazine accepted Zakaria's apology but felt compelled to act against him because he had violated its standards for all columnists.
"Their work must not only be factual but original; their view must not only be their own but their words as well,” Zelenko said.
CNN said its suspension of Zakaria was due to the fact that he wrote a blog post on CNN.com that was similar to his Time column and included "similar unattributed excerpts."
Indian-born Zakaria studied at Yale and Harvard, was managing editor of Foreign Affairs magazine and then editor of Newsweek International for ten years before moving to CNN in 2010 to host Fareed Zakaria GPS.
Friday's public embarrassment for Zakaria followed a recent scandal involving New Yorker staff writer Jonah Lehrer, who resigned on July 30.
Lehrer, a science journalist and author, quit after admitting that he made up quotes from legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in his book Imagine: How Creativity Works.
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Express Tribune very often censors reader comments not in line with its editorial policy. On the other hand it posted the blatantly Islamaphobic comment of G. Din, for which this paper should apologize. What G. Din wrote was sloppy in the extreme as it made Fareed Zakaria of all people a showcase of Muslim behavior, and that is a poor reflection on G. Din himself.
Fareed Zakaria was made popular by american establishment,because he toed their line. Just because one speaks good english is no criteria for being a good columnist.U.S. Govt.is known to "cultivate" such persons.His father was a staunch congress politician who opposed U.S. everywhere anytime.But strangely he could not mold his own son.We in India have many communist/socialist politicians who opposed U.S. through their life,but their sons/daughters comfortably settled in U.S. I am sure there must be such politicians in Pakistan too who oppose U.S. every time but their sons are comfortably settled in U.S..
@G. Din: Last time I checked, he wasn't even a devout Muslim but rather a liberal dude with a pro-Indian stance. He's an Indian product and anything that is Indian has one thing in common - it is always poor quality.
@Engr.Waqas:
Muslim or non-Muslim, there is usually no other way out except to be "honest" when caught with your hand in the cookie jar! What is more important is that a Muslim is not expected to plagiarise in the first place.
@ Rehan Shahid You, my friend are either too naive or know nothing of what you are talking about! Mr Zakaria never impressed me as a journalist in any capacity: not because I have never seen him express any affection for his own religion, but because he is simply over-rated, and lacks the depth and research you expect at that level. He has been the worst of all CNN journalists. Yes, I admit that personally I never really liked the guy because of his uniquely weird views about Islam. But to be fair, the guy was over-rated simply because you had a MUSLIM talking openly against Pakistan and in favour of India, and in support of the War on terror: Simple! So, THIS was bound to happen. I'd say, do not over-estimate people, it'll do you a world of good. What Zakaria did is no innocent mistake! Please do not make it seem as if people running CNN and Time are stupid, and do not know what they are doing. They did what was to be done. Mr Zakaria wants to apologize but thats too late, I guess! He can move back to Mumbai to wait for fair weather in USA, and pray for another something to happen, something he can associate with Islam / Pakistan! Till then, its curtains for this Indian in USA!
@ mr.righty rightist Now what made you make this weird, out of place remark!? Zakaria's has expressed his love for India far more than his love for Islam. And his disgrace clearly has hurt you guys, we perfectly understand! Sania Mirza is better; she says she is an Indian, but loves her Pakistani husband too :)
The comments indicates that majority of Pakistanis are infected by the religion and they see everything through the glasses of religion only.I understand this is a generalization of a community and will be happy if i am proved wrong.
I always thought this guy was a punk. I haven't forgotten how he was cheerleading for an invasion of Iraq and scaremongering about "WMDs'.
@Engr.Waqas
If he were a Pakistani muslim, he would have said, "I was just trying to ismell the ball with my teeth".
This is the difference between Indian muslims and Pakistani muslims.
Since when has it became a fashion of writing Engr before your names like Dr's do? Sad and pathetic state of mentality displayed by wannabes.
So he is caught now cheating on someone else's script. He is a writer whose writings are full of bias and prejudice, myopic and raw, and it looks that he is so in a desperate effort to keep his job there in America. Good riddance to bad rubbish!
@Hussain Naqvi: **Why to plagirismise and then repent and asked for apology. "" He can't help being a Muslim. The recklessness came with his religion. Don't blame us. We tried to keep him on the straight and narrow but there is only so much being in the right environment can do against the power of genes. The man is a loser and he has met his destiny. We will never hear from him again.
The original post by Fareed Zakaria on his facebook account: Media reporters have pointed out that paragraphs in my Time column on gun control, a version of which was posted here on Facebook, bear close similarities to paragraphs in Jill Lepore's essay in the April 23rd issue of The New Yorker. They are right. I made a terrible mistake. It is a serious lapse and one that is entirely my fault. I apologize unreservedly to her, to my editors at Time and CNN, and to my readers and viewers everywhere.
Well! it is a good practice of ethics and law, which unfortunately we don't know.
I think this is pushing plagirism a little too far.
A muslim Who doesnt afraid of loosing his job while speaking truth . Hats off to you on this account and don't rob anyone's words next time .