This is certainly terrible for him. His career may as well be over.
Although, I am a bit curious why he would be even inclined to do something so stupid. Someone of his already achieved stature really did not need to copy someone else's words , especially about something as open-ended as gun control. This bothers me. Either Fareed has been a serial plagiarist all this time or he's extremely stupid...
Of course I'm not sure, but I think any reasonable person would know that taking someone else's words verbatim is extremely stupid, especially with the recent fall of Jonah Lehrer
Blows my mind that somebody that sharp, that has dealings in so many different types of media, and has attained as much success as he has could do something so reckless. My hypothesis: his brand was so big and he was so prolific as a content creator, that the demand for output got to the point where he couldn't easily meet it and he chose to steal in order to get the content out. I bet he's done is on many many occasions to lesser (and possibly greater) degrees.
I always wondered why Fareed was qualified to comment on everything. He was always touted as an expert on foreign affairs and then gradually became a editorialist on all kinds of stuff. A good friend of mine is a huge fan but many years ago I began to suspect that Fareed just binged on what ever subject would get viewers (and sell toothpaste and cars) and sacrificed journalism for commercial success.
I think you hit the nail on the head. That's why I referred to his 'brand', because the fact that he developed it so obviously and rapidly was palpable (to me at least). Nevertheless, the guy was articulate and sharp. Sharp enough to realize the fire he was playing with. He deserves to have his career ruined for this. It's one of the basic pillars of journalistic integrity. Realistically, in today's media landscape, this kind of failure of integrity and conscience is probably not even close to being a deal breaker. I'm sure he'll be able to get a gig that is perfectly aligned with the opinion-piece type output he's been taking up as of late.
I certainly thought about the constant pressure for output; however, someone at his stature really shouldn't "need" to post things weekly, especially about something like gun control. Something as universally controversial as gun-control laws could surely be taking care of with some random erudition. No need to copy word for word... I don't know. This really blew my mind as well. If one were even to plagiarize, fully aware of the fact that they are engaging in something career ending, I'm sure they would even try to change up a couple of words to make it sound somewhat authentic.
I have a suspicion that people like us (not in the media content delivery business) probably can't even begin to understand the pressurized demand for output by all of the content channels and resellers that Zakaria had relationships with. You hear about it in news stories on NPR about how much output local journalists are forced to come up with as their newsrooms downsize. The number of stories per week can be crazy. I hear it explicitly or between the lines by bloggers in every industry (especially self employed), -how difficult it is to keep quality and output high enough to satisfy demand. I bet Z's situations was not much different, but maybe on steroids. That being said, he made his own bed here.I certainly thought about the constant pressure for output; however, someone at his stature really shouldn't "need" to post things weekly,
Too bad he was not working for NewsCorp they only fire for Ideological reasons never for plagiarism. (look it up) Still this is a rookie mistake and a career-ender for Zakaria I wonder if he used a ghost writer?
I was thinking the continuing tense how does one do that in English? .
The Present Perfect Progressive Tense! http://www.gingersoftware.com/grammarbook/verbs/the-present-...
Pundits have been becoming cottage industries? :)
Simple present tense is fine for this intended usage.
The point is that pundits have a habit of becoming cottage industries have done so for a long time. :)
I would like to see a comparison between the two pieces. It's not that I don't believe that he did it or that it was overt, I am just curious to see how obvious it is.
Here’s Zakaria’s: 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. And here’s Lepore’s: 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. *Plagiarized from
http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2012/08/10/time-suspends-...
Damn, there's no subtlety there. I think a 3rd grader could have done a better job rearranging sentences or switching out words with synonyms to avoid being caught. I don't watch CNN, I think I've seen his show maybe twice. I do recall thinking to myself "this guy seems to smart for CNN". Bummer. [edit] -Thank you for providing the comparison. I appreciate it.