Time Magazine suspends Fareed Zakaria

Politico ^ | August. 10, 2012 | DYLAN BYERS

[Free ThinkerNY]

Time Magazine has announced that it will suspend columnist Fareed Zakaria following his admission of plagiraism earlier this afternoon.

"TIME accepts Fareed's apology, but what he did violates our own standards for our columnists, which is that their work must not only be factual but original; their views must not only be their own but their words as well. As a result, we are suspending Fareed's column for a month, pending further review."

CNN, where Zakaria hosts a show, has yet to respond to a request for comment regarding Zakaria's admission of plagiarism.

Earlier this afternoon, Zakaria released a statement in which he admitted to palgiarizing a New Yorker article about the National Rifle Association for his own column about gun laws in the latest issue of Time Magazine.

[Slump Tester]

Time Magazine has standards? Who knew!

[TurboZamboni]

[History Repeats]

Time has standards?

Coulda fooled me.

[Yaelle]

Whatta loser.

[GoCards]

Oh no! He is so smart and well versed in EVERYTHING/ s

[Cicero]

If they end up firing him, they’ll have to find another Muslim terrorist who measures up to their standards. Come to think of it, that shouldn’t be too hard.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Couldn’t happen to a nicer dirtbag.

[umgud]

And what about his CNN gig?

[Uncle Ike]

” Time Magazine suspends Fareed Zakaria “

Yawn...

Now, if they were to ‘suspend’ him over a pit of crocodiles - now, that would be interesting... ;)

[EQAndyBuzz]

Hey! This is great news. Time is now in the black.

A financial miracle.

[Servant of the Cross]

Time Magazine suspends lies publicly that Fareed Zakaria is suspended, knowing full well that they will wait until sufficient time has passed and people forget and he won't suffer any negative consequence to his pay, position or status at Time at all for this fraud.

[GOPJ]

... straining at a gnat, and swallowing a camel...

Their bias is sooooooo blatant it's hard to believe they have standards. Time Magazine is like a circus fat lady scraping the sprinkles off her 8th donut... Who care at that point...

[muir_redwoods]

These nitwits can’t even be original when they’re wrong. Isn’t that a fail-fail?

[iowamark]

That’s a shame. TIME will probably fold by the time his suspension is up!

[Izzy Dunne]

I read the BLAZE article on this. It's not like he copied the words verbatim; he reworked the sentences to say the same thing in the same way, but a few words are different.

Take a look:

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First, Zakaria’s “The Case for Gun Control” piece from Time magazine’s upcoming Aug. 20 issue:

Adam Winkler, a professor of constitutional law at UCLA, documents the actual history in Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America. Guns were regulated in the U.S. from the earliest years of the Republic. Laws that banned the carrying of concealed weapons were passed in Kentucky and Louisiana in 1813. Other states soon followed: Indiana in 1820, Tennessee and Virginia in 1838, Alabama in 1839 and Ohio in 1859. Similar laws were passed in Texas, Florida and Oklahoma. As the governor of Texas (Texas!) explained in 1893, the “mission of the concealed deadly weapon is murder. To check it is the duty of every self-respecting, law-abiding man.”

Compare that to Jill Lepore’s “Battleground America” New Yorker article back in April:

As Adam Winkler, a constitutional-law scholar at U.C.L.A., demonstrates in a remarkably nuanced new book, “Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America,” firearms have been regulated in the United States from the start. Laws banning the carrying of concealed weapons were passed in Kentucky and Louisiana in 1813, and other states soon followed: Indiana (1820), Tennessee and Virginia (1838), Alabama (1839), and Ohio (1859). Similar laws were passed in Texas, Florida, and Oklahoma. As the governor of Texas explained in 1893, the “mission of the concealed deadly weapon is murder. To check it is the duty of every self-respecting, law-abiding man.”

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He didn't just copy the thoughts - he had to deliberately go through and rework everything to get that to come out.

[Uncle Ike]

” Time Magazine has standards? Who knew! “

Fareed committed the cardinal sin among Liberal Blatherers — he got caught...

[Bernard Marx]

"we are suspending Fareed's column for a month, pending further review."

Yeah, they'll wait a whole month for this to blow over. Then he'll be back to his propaganda.

[jessduntno]

What a shame. I always enjoyed watching and reading Fareed. He elevated self important, arrogant flatulence to new heights. He will be missed.

[Standing Wolf]

Too lazy to write his own propaganda? Get that bum out of here!

[Ann Archy]

Pretty bad when that corrupt TIME suspends you.

[musicman]

(A BIG Thanks to FReeper Joe Pro Bono for the pic!!)


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[PGR88]

following his admission of plagiraism earlier this afternoon

Stealing lines from The Communist Manifesto again, was he?

[x]

Time Magazine suspends lies publicly that Fareed Zakaria is suspended, knowing full well that they will wait until sufficient time has passed and people forget and he won't suffer any negative consequence to his pay, position or status at Time at all for this fraud.

Er ... what lie?

That's what "suspension" means ...

[VRW Conspirator]

Time has standards?

Yes, if you get caught, then plagerism is bad, otherwise...

[DefeatCorruption]

Oh wow...didn’t know they had standards.

[TASMANIANRED]

plagiraism

They need editors too.

[Brad from Tennessee]

Plagiarism is theft but being a goatherd Fareed may not understand the concept.

[MinuteGal]

FAMOUS CONTEMPORARY PLAGIARISTS

JOE BIDEN, lefty veep
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR......lefty activist
DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN......lefty historian and sometimes TV pundit
FAREED ZAKARIA.......Slime Magazine domestic journalistic terrorist and lefty TV punjab.

Funny how all these plagiarists have one thing in common.....hmmmmmm

Leni

[Eric in the Ozarks]

TIME’s up.

[Zeppo]

but what he did violates our own standards for our columnists, which is that their work must not only be factual but original; their views must not only be their own but their words as well.

I sincerely doubt Time's recitation of their policy, unless there is a hidden exception (wink, wink) that allows for verbatim repetition of DNC talking points.

[ozzymandus]

They didn’t suspend him for being a communist, anti-American hack, they suspended him for being caught plagarizing another anti-American hack. Not good enough, TIME, I’m still done with your rag.

[SnuffaBolshevik]

"And what about his CNN gig?"

The original article has been updated to say that CNN has also suspended him for an unknown period of time.

[rlmorel]

I vote we get Chode in here for the “Ha Ha” graphic!!!!!!

[moovova]

Fareed.

Camel dung.

[Wolverine]

Just another BALD-FACED LIAR

[Chode]

and the RATS, take another one in the.........HA ha!!!

[jennychase]

Com’on Time, He is just copying his father.
Give him a break like his father used to get, being from minority (Religion of Peace).

[cynwoody]

Zero with Zakaria book in May 2008

[Sapper26]

Earlier this afternoon, Zakaria released a statement

I wonder whose statement he plagiarized.

[parisa]

This is racism pure and simple!

[rlmorel]

NOW my day is complete!

That guy is such a liberal dimwit, this seems fitting, although I have long since come to the conclusion that plagiarism is a career enhancer for liberals.

You don’t hear it much happening to conservatives, eh?

[Chode]

i wish i could still use the other pics but...

[ansel12]

Thanks for that post.

[Starstruck]

He didn't just copy the thoughts - he had to deliberately go through and rework everything to get that to come out.

These are the great journalists we are waiting for to vet Obama. Give me a fricking break. They are so lazy they couldn't find Richard Simmons in a closet.

[nascarnation]

Those Journ-o-lists had to investigate important issues like Joe the plumber’s trade license and the DNA of Palin’s Down Syndrome child....

[rlmorel]

What happened? Some kind of copyright thing?

[Moose47]

GPS - Got Publicly Slapped

[Emperor Palpatine]

When will CNN fire this Jihadi in a suit?

[Chode]

getting kicked off Freerepublic kind of thing, i was threatened by one of the Mods... go figure