CNN presenter and editor of Time suspended for plagiarism

The renowned journalist Fareed Zakaria who works as editor of 'Time' and presents an information program on CNN, was suspended from office in two media for plagiarism. Zakaria has admitted and regretted having used parts of a magazine article "The New Yorker ', signed by Jill Lepore on gun control, which was published in April.The case was detected by site Newsbusters, who realized the similarities between the two items. The famous CNN presenter apologized for what happened by what he described as a "lapse" in a response published by "The Atlantic Wire." 'The media reporters pointed out that paragraphs of my column in "Time" this week showed similarities with subparagraphs Jill Lepore's essay on April 23, published by "The New Yorker." They are right. I made ​​a terrible mistake. It is a serious mistake and that is entirely my responsibility. I am sorry to her, without reservation, to my editors at "Time" and my readers, "reads the statement signed by Fareed Zakaria. Also in a statement published by "The Atlantic Wire ', the' Time 'said accept the apology, but suspended him from office. "What did he violate our standards for our columnists, your work should be not only factual but also original, their views must be not only his but also his words.As a result, we suspended the column of Fareed next month, until further notice, "the statement said. CNN, in which the journalist presents the program "Fareed Zakaria GPS," took a similar decision."We analyzed the column by Fareed Zakaria in" Time ", in which he presented an apology. He wrote a short entry on the blog on CNN.com on the same subject, which included similar passages not cited. This entry was removed and suspended CNN Fareed Zakaria while this matter is being considered, "explained the chain noticisa American television.