Well, that didn’t take long, did it? After suspending Zakaria for plagiarism just last week, Time magazine has reversed its decision. Zakaria’s suspension was set to last one month. So much for that; his next column will appear in the September 7 issue. A spokesman for Time issued the following statement:
“We have completed a thorough review of each of Fareed Zakaria’s columns for Time, and we are entirely satisfied that the language in question in his recent column was an unintentional error and an isolated incident for which he has apologized. We look forward to having Fareed’s thoughtful and important voice back in the magazine with his next column in the issue that comes out on September 7.”
Punishments at CNN apparently don’t stick, either:
CNN Lifts Suspension Of Fareed Zakaria http://t.co/kEQTerrb
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) August 16, 2012
CNN has completed its internal review of Fareed Zakaria’s work for CNN, including a look back at his Sunday programs, documentaries, and CNN.com blogs. The process was rigorous. We found nothing that merited continuing the suspension.
Huh. So, Zakaria has a history of plagiarism charges, yet his admitted lifting of material from another writer was “an unintentional error”? Puh-leeeeze. The lesson here is that integrity has become completely subjective; actions don’t have consequences. And once-respectable magazines like Time and other “news” organizations are filling up the ditches in the journalistic graveyard.
Zakaria clearly has a lot of friends in the right places as seen by the kind way he has been handled by the media http://t.co/6mAi9wCH
— Jennifer Marie Brissett (@jennbrissett) August 16, 2012
https://twitter.com/rawls/status/236227614556168195
Serial plagiarizer Zakaria gets to back to work at CNN and Time. One more reason I'm glad to not consume their "content".
— Anika (@faboomama) August 16, 2012
https://twitter.com/SarangShah/status/236249058056994816
Fareed Zakaria suspension lifted. Looking forward to his next plagarized report.
— Michael McDonald (@mcdonaldcomedy) August 16, 2012
Heh.
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