@1: It's far more common with prolific writers like Zakaria that a staffer/intern produced it. Ultimately he's responsible, of course, but highly unlikely he was aware of the source.
If he's a pseudo-intellectual hack, then he's a pseudo-intellectual hack like me, who really *is* a pseudo-intellectual, and possibly a hack as well. As far as I can tell, from the excepted passages, they are barely re-written paragraphs that cite statistics and other facts of public knowledge. As a writer, I can tell you that it is very difficult to find another way to phrase a paragraph of stats and facts. There they are. They are the same, no matter who uses them.
I cannot believe that Fareed was looking directly at The New Yorker piece and just copied it off. Far more likely that a researcher found the material and included it, slightly rewritten, for the stats and facts it includes. All of your "probably's" don't apply at all.
If he's a pseudo-intellectual hack, then he's a pseudo-intellectual hack like me, who really *is* a pseudo-intellectual, and possibly a hack as well. As far as I can tell, from the excepted passages, they are barely re-written paragraphs that cite statistics and other facts of public knowledge. As a writer, I can tell you that it is very difficult to find another way to phrase a paragraph of stats and facts. There they are. They are the same, no matter who uses them.
I cannot believe that Fareed was looking directly at The New Yorker piece and just copied it off. Far more likely that a researcher found the material and included it, slightly rewritten, for the stats and facts it includes. All of your "probably's" don't apply at all.
I am hoping there is a reasonable explanation other than "plagiarist".
That's how these entitled assholes get away with it over and over again.
I cannot believe that Fareed was looking directly at The New Yorker piece and just copied it off. Far more likely that a researcher found the material and included it, slightly rewritten, for the stats and facts it includes. All of your "probably's" don't apply at all.
I cannot believe that Fareed was looking directly at The New Yorker piece and just copied it off. Far more likely that a researcher found the material and included it, slightly rewritten, for the stats and facts it includes. All of your "probably's" don't apply at all.