Photo 10 Aug 30 notes afternoonsnoozebutton: Fareed Zakaria admits plagiarism, is suspended by CNN and Time Magazine (x).  “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 22nd issue of The New Yorker. They are right,” Zakaria said in a statement to The Atlantic Wire. “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 to my readers.” What confuses me most about this whole situation is how exactly Zakaria thought he could get away with plagiarizing a very recent piece from The New Yorker. Did he not realize that there was audience overlap? Come on, Fareed.  By the way, Jill Lepore’s essay that Zakaria plagiarized, “Trayvon Martin and Gun Laws,” was absolutely brilliant and you should all read it. 

afternoonsnoozebutton:

Fareed Zakaria admits plagiarism, is suspended by CNN and Time Magazine (x). 

“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 22nd issue of The New Yorker. They are right,” Zakaria said in a statement to The Atlantic Wire. “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 to my readers.”

What confuses me most about this whole situation is how exactly Zakaria thought he could get away with plagiarizing a very recent piece from The New Yorker. Did he not realize that there was audience overlap? Come on, Fareed. 

By the way, Jill Lepore’s essay that Zakaria plagiarized, “Trayvon Martin and Gun Laws,” was absolutely brilliant and you should all read it. 

via Random Acts of Chaos.

#Fareed Zakaria #plagiarism #media #journamalism

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    SO ONLY LAWMAKERS AND SUPER PAC ADVERTISEMENTS ON THESE MEDIA CHANNELS CAN PLAGIARIZE, but mostly LIE AND DISTORT THE...
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    I think it’s a case of, “Hey assistant, write this dumb thing for me because I need to fill out some empty space” and...
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    But I thought he was so awesome! How could he?
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    Wtf fareed?
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