FrankRep
08-10-2012, 06:52 PM
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Fareed Zakaria suspended from Time and CNN for plagiarising content (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/aug/10/fareed-zakaria-time-cnn-plagiarising?newsfeed=true)
Well-known foreign affairs specialist apologises for error in apparently lifting a paragraph from a New Yorker story
Guardian UK
10 August 2012
Time magazine and CNN both suspended journalist Fareed Zakaria on Friday after he was caught plagiarising from the New Yorker in the latest scandal to hit the world of American journalism.
Zakaria, who writes columns for Time and hosts a CNN television show, had written an article for the magazine on the issue of gun control following the recent mass shootings in Colorado. A short version also appeared as a blog post on CNN's website.
However, several blogs, such as conservative media watchdog Newsbusters and the National Review online, spotted similarities between parts of Zakaria's column and a piece on the same topic in an April issue of the The New Yorker.
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But as media websites picked up the story and asked Time for an official comment, Zakaria issued a statement and confessed to his error.
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Full Story:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/aug/10/fareed-zakaria-time-cnn-plagiarising?newsfeed=true
Are you surprised?
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Fareed Zakaria suspended from Time and CNN for plagiarising content (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/aug/10/fareed-zakaria-time-cnn-plagiarising?newsfeed=true)
Well-known foreign affairs specialist apologises for error in apparently lifting a paragraph from a New Yorker story
Guardian UK
10 August 2012
Time magazine and CNN both suspended journalist Fareed Zakaria on Friday after he was caught plagiarising from the New Yorker in the latest scandal to hit the world of American journalism.
Zakaria, who writes columns for Time and hosts a CNN television show, had written an article for the magazine on the issue of gun control following the recent mass shootings in Colorado. A short version also appeared as a blog post on CNN's website.
However, several blogs, such as conservative media watchdog Newsbusters and the National Review online, spotted similarities between parts of Zakaria's column and a piece on the same topic in an April issue of the The New Yorker.
...
But as media websites picked up the story and asked Time for an official comment, Zakaria issued a statement and confessed to his error.
..
Full Story:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/aug/10/fareed-zakaria-time-cnn-plagiarising?newsfeed=true
Are you surprised?
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