… is too delicate to use the word ‘plagiarism’ in his apology. It was a ‘mistake,’ a ‘lapse,’ and UD is sure he feels as terrible about it as Jonah Lehrer did about his. Like Lehrer, Fareed Zakaria had already been called out for self-plagiarism (for each duplicated speech he gets $75,000). Now he’s at Step Two. Step Three is the discovery of a pattern of plagiarism.
Zakaria has been a big defender of Yale’s controversial venture in Singapore. This might be a good time for him to take a visiting position there.
August 10th, 2012 at 4:45PM
We keep being told that the winner-takes-all era of the Star Professor is at hand (hey, the market will not be denied!). And what are these overscheduled uberacademics going to dazzle us with? Regurgitated dross.