Zakaria Back at Work at TIme Warner

[Mark Jeffries]

Both Time magazine and CNN conducted internal reviews and found that there were no other instances of plagiarism, therefore Zakaria is back at work at both locations and his CNN Sunday show will return on Aug. 26:

 

http://www.thewrap.com/media/article/fareed-zakaria-passes-time-magazine-review-will-keep-job-52366

[Kevin M.]

Well I'm sure he learned a valuable lesson. If you don't check your
work, you'll get a week's paid vacation.

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[PGage]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Kevin M. <drunkba...@gmail.com> wrote:

Well I'm sure he learned a valuable lesson. If you don't check your
work, you'll get a week's paid vacation.

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Mark Jeffries <spotl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Both Time magazine and CNN conducted internal reviews and found that there
> were no other instances of plagiarism, therefore Zakaria is back at work at
> both locations and his CNN Sunday show will return on Aug. 26:
>
> http://www.thewrap.com/media/article/fareed-zakaria-passes-time-magazine-review-will-keep-job-52366

No, I think This sounds about right. I have to take their word for it on the results of the review, not being in a position to check all of his published and broadcast materials for unattributed dependence on other sources, but assuming this is accurate Zakaria has been given a fairly harsh, but defensible, punishment for his mistake. The blow to a guy like Zakaria is not the threat to his income, but the mark on his reputation. Like him or not (I agree with him somewhat more than I disagree with him), his meat and potatoes is a kind of smarter than thou, cleaner than thou, above the frayism, and that mantle took a heavy hit. To fire him, or give an even longer suspension just for the one incident that has been reported would be an overreaction, and put every news program, paper and magazine in an untenable position, as the number of well known pundits and "experts" who employ a similar practice as Zakaria, and are at least constantly at risk for making the same mistake, is quite high. I am slightly disappointed, but not surprised, that CNN and Time and WaPo, and others, did not take the opportunity to revise guidelines and standards for contributors, both insisting that they do more of their own work, and that they cut back on their workload (a hospital that employs doctors 80 hours a week can not really act shocked when the doctors make a mistake, or take short-cuts, due to overwork). I suspect Zakaria at least will be keeping a closer eye on his in-house production line, and others in his situation who are prudent will also, at least for a while.

I have not been tracking commentary on Zakaria's situation, but I suspect there must be at least a few conservative pundits who might be expected to pile on who have been surprisingly mild or silent, all too aware of how easily they could be, and still might yet, be in his shoes.

[Kevin M.]

My issue with Zakaria has nothing to do with whether I agree with his
views. My issue is the manner in which he tends to present his views.
I first saw him on TV during election coverage on ABC World News. I
first read him when he wrote for Newsweek's International edition
(which came free to Peace Corps volunteers). And in both forms of
media, I got a distinct impression that he was making things sound
more complicated than they were -- that he was making himself sound
smarter than he was. I believe he is smart, but I believe he tries way
too hard to prove it. When he is just shooting the sh*t with Jon
Stewart he is fine, but when he is covering serious issues, he really
doesn't help viewers/readers to better understand anything. He doesn't
explain things very well, at least not to me. As a result, I tend to
get annoyed when I agree with him about things, and annoyed agreement
is an odd feeling to have.
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[televisiongirl]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Kevin M. <drunkba...@gmail.com> wrote:

Well I'm sure he learned a valuable lesson. If you don't check your
work, you'll get a week's paid vacation.

And not have to do your CNN Sunday program against the Men's Basketball Gold Medal Game in the Olympics.  

Yeah, that'll learn 'em.

TVG 

[Wesley (in Texas)]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:14 PM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am slightly disappointed, but not surprised, that CNN and Time and WaPo, and others, did not take the opportunity to revise guidelines and standards for contributors,

Well, the Washington Post has its own issues to sort with on this -- A Google web search is no substitute for actually inspecting the book and confirming whatever charges were levied at the accused. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/15/washington-post.html