Fareed Zakaria

Mona Eltahawy--Writer, Talking Head, and Activist--Willingly Steps into the Crossfire

Agent Provocateur

CNN and Time Magazine Suspend Fareed Zakaria for Plagiarism

In journalism school, plagiarism is equivalent to life without parole: it is the bane of any writer's existence and an automatic halt on one's professional reputation. We are told over and over and over again to source everything, make sure all of your facts line up and that we'll be outcasted from ... More >>

Bloomberg and Walcott Are School Dropouts

Standardized tests 'tried-and-untrue' method of measuring students' learning

Donald Trump Reads Vanity Fair's Blog (About Himself); Google, New York Times Team Up

​"From the office of Donald J. Trump" reads the accompanying card clipped to a printed-out blog post from VanityFair.com, mailed to that magazine's editor-in-chief Graydon Carter. A veteran of covering (and mocking) the rich and famous, some his friends and some less so, Carter and Trump go wa ... More >>

Eliot Spitzer Running For Mayor of New York City? Only Two Years To Go...

Shut up, it's too early for this! Not for the political news media, who will gladly play this game for the next twenty-four-plus months. No one knows for sure, of course, whether ex-Governor Eliot Spitzer will run for mayor in 2013, but it's never too early to start the speculation. (But if we were ... More >>

Egyptian Protests Continue; Al Jazeera Cairo Bureau Shut Down; Sudanese Students Protest in Khartoum (Weekend Links)

via Reuters​The latest out of Egypt: thousands of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square are demonstrating, even though the military is firing shots into the air to scare them off. New protests are also being reported in Alexandria Suez. Yesterday, Pres. Mubarak appointed Omar Suleiman (whom the Time ... More >>

Newsweek Loses Howard Fineman to Huffington Post, Eyeing Daily Beast Deal?

​The Times blog MediaDecoder comes with a Sunday afternoon scoop, announcing the departure of another brand-defining Newsweek veteran, as Howard Fineman has packed his bags and is moving to the internet. Fineman follows editor-in-chief Jon Meacham, big fish Fareed Zakaria, Tumblr guru Mark Coa ... More >>

Abe Foxman is Confusing Us by Being Sensible, Admirable, and Nuanced

​We've noted Abe Foxman -- the Anti-Defamation League's very public, very loud, very condemnation-happy public face -- as an "known racist" and egomaniacal asshole" here. We're not the only ones who aren't fans of his: one ADL award-winner, Fareed Zakaria, recently returned a $10,000, five yea ... More >>

Abe Foxman is an Egomaniacal Asshole. And a Racist.

​Somehow we're just seeing this, but Jeff Bercovici at Daily Finance reports today that Anti-Defamation League leader Abe Foxman had a fake Twitter doppelganger/satirist of him shut down at the request of the ADL.

Mad About Mosque-Hating, Fareed Zakaria Returns ADL Award

​The host of CNN's GPS and Newsweek writer Fareed Zakaria has had just about enough of Abe Foxman and the Anti-Defamation League's opposition to the downtown Manhattan mosque. In order to show his frustration, Zakaria has opted to return a first amendment award he received five years ago from ... More >>

'9/11/03: A Day in the Life of New York'

The Interpreter

The Rise of Fareed Zakaria: Muslim, Heartthrob, Super-Pundit