By Jason Boog on Galley Cat, August 10, 2012
Online critics have accused author, Time editor and CNN GPS host Fareed Zakaria of copying from a New Yorker article about gun control. Below, we’ve created a Storify timeline linking to key articles about the debate.
UPDATE: Zakaria has been suspended at Time and CNN while the allegations are being investigated. Time gave Atlantic Wire this official statement: “Time takes any accusation of plagiarism by any of our journalists very seriously, and we will carefully examine the facts before saying anything else on the matter.”
Click here to read “The Case for Gun Control,” the Time article that caused the controversy. Follow this link to read Jill Lapore‘s article on gun control in The New Yorker.
UPDATE: Zakaria has been suspended at Time and CNN while the allegations are being investigated. Time gave Atlantic Wire this official statement: “Time takes any accusation of plagiarism by any of our journalists very seriously, and we will carefully examine the facts before saying anything else on the matter.”
Click here to read “The Case for Gun Control,” the Time article that caused the controversy. Follow this link to read Jill Lapore‘s article on gun control in The New Yorker.