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Fareed Zakaria Faces New Plagiarism Accusations

Fareed Zakaria Faces New Plagiarism Accusations

The two anonymous plagiarism cops at Our Bad Media, whose reporting resulted in the firing of BuzzFeed’s Benny Johnson last month, have published a new list of plagiarism charges, this time aimed at Fareed Zakaria and three news outlets that

CNN Editor Ousted After Plagiarizing At Least 50 Stories

CNN Editor Ousted After Plagiarizing At Least 50 Stories

In an editor’s note quietly posted Friday morning, CNN announced that Marie-Louise Gumuchian, a former CNN News editor, who mostly covered international affairs, plagiarized at least 50 published stories. Apparently she was caught after an internal editing process caught an

CNN's Zakaria Gives Susan Rice Pass on Benghazi

CNN's Zakaria Gives Susan Rice Pass on Benghazi

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria hasn’t interviewed Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice since she made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows last year falsely blaming the attacks at Benghazi, Libya on a “Youtube video,” and yet, Zakaria couldn’t take a

CNN Mistakes Syrian Flag for Egyptian Flag

CNN Mistakes Syrian Flag for Egyptian Flag

On Sunday morning, Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN pitched a segment on whether the United States needed to cut aid to Egypt. The information on the screen was accompanied by a picture of a flag … of Syria. The Syrian

Zakaria Makes the Media's (False) Case on the Economy

Zakaria Makes the Media's (False) Case on the Economy

On Sunday’s Global Public Square on CNN, host Fareed Zakaria presented a version of the same argument percolating through much of the mainstream media: that our economy is succeeding thanks to government.  Zakaria did allow that the private sector had led the

Oprah Winfrey to Speak at Harvard Commencement

Oprah Winfrey to Speak at Harvard Commencement

Michelle Obama may have spoken at the Oscars, but Oprah Winfrey is going her one better in the prestige department; she will be the speaker at Harvard University’s 2013 commencement. It’s hard to take the announcement seriously as an indication

Plagiarist Zakaria Lands $85k Speaking Gig

Plagiarist Zakaria Lands $85k Speaking Gig

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria has landed a lucrative speaking bureau gig, despite having brought shame upon the network for having plagiarized others’ hard work. Royce Carlton, a premiere and exclusive speakers bureau, has taken Zakaria on as a speaker and trumpeted

Fareed Zakaria Explains Himself

Fareed Zakaria Explains Himself

Now that his plagiarism tribulations are over, TIME and CNN correspondent Fareed Zakaria has made a few new promises in order to prevent such a mess in the future. He plans to scale back some of his workload. One of

Zak Is Back: TIME & CNN Reinstate Fareed Zakaria

Zak Is Back: TIME & CNN Reinstate Fareed Zakaria

Both TIME magazine and CNN have finished their internal review of Fareed Zakaria and have come to the conclusion that his plagiarism was an “isolated incident.” Hence, the Zak is back! TIME announced that Zakaria’s obvious — and admitted —

Fareed Zakaria's Plagiarism Up for Debate

Fareed Zakaria's Plagiarism Up for Debate

Last week, CNN and TIME Magazine correspondent Fareed Zakaria got in hot water for plagiarism by lifting a few paragraphs from another writer for one of his articles. Now, the debate rages about whether Zakaria is guilty or not despite