Fareed Zakaria
CNN’s Zakaria Paints Hezbollah as Tolerant of Jews as Lesson for Gro
September 26th, 2010 11:14 PM
Update (September 28): Last night, FNC's Bret Baier made mention of this blog post. You can see that video in the embed at right or by downloading the WMV video here. MP3 audio available here. Catching up on an item from the August 22, Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, host Zakaria -- formerly of Newsweek -- ended his show with commentary in which he ridiculously suggested that Americans who oppose…
Never Forget - But Have We
September 11th, 2010 7:53 PM
Never forget. Those are the two most prevalent words uttered or typed on this tragically historic day. Never. Forget.For many, September 11, 2001, was a day that will forever be seared into the minds of those who were witness. On that day, the nation was awoken by a harsh reality that some people want nothing more than to destroy our freedom, our way of life. It was a day that 19 hijackers,…
Kurtz Asks TIME Editor Why He Doesn't Have Any Conservative Columnists
September 5th, 2010 6:47 PM
Howard Kurtz on Sunday asked the editor of Time magazine why he doesn't have any conservative columnists. "Rick [Stengel], you've just hired Fareed Zakaria, whose "GPS" program on CNN precedes mine," said Kurtz on CNN's "Reliable Sources."And you have, of course, Joe Klein, well-known liberal writer and columnist," continued Kurtz."Now, with all the hiring that you've done, how have you not…
Media Use Crazy Weather to Hype Global Warming, Despite Admissions Wea
August 19th, 2010 9:46 AM
Last winter, as blizzard snowfalls piled up into several feet in the nation's capital, conservatives mocked global warming alarmists for trying to link weather incidents to global warming. But as summer heat waves, volcanoes and sinkholes have appeared recently, climate alarmists proved they missed the point. A top Obama administration scientist attacked global warming skeptics during the…
CNN's Fareed Zakaria Returns ADL Award in Protest to Position on Groun
August 9th, 2010 4:51 PM
At the top of his eponymous program yesterday, CNN's Fareed Zakaria took drastic action to protest the Anti-Defamation League's opposition to the proposed Ground Zero mosque. Zakaria, who was honored by the ADL in 2005 with the Hubert H. Humphrey First Amendment Freedoms Prize, gave back his award because he was "deeply saddened" by the group's respect for the families of 9/11 victims who oppose…
Special NB Bonus: Notable Quotables that Couldn't Fit Into the Regular
August 9th, 2010 11:29 AM
Too much bias, not enough space. Collecting quotes for the latest edition of MRC’s bi-weekly Notable Quotables, I found more outrageous liberal eruptions than could fit into the normal newsletter. So, just for NewsBusters readers, here are a dozen worthy quotes that just couldn’t squeeze into the regular issue:■ Confusing Tired Liberal Cliches with Economic Strategy“Let’s let the entire slew of…
Fareed Zakaria Uses Fuzzy Math and Revisionist History to Bash Bush Ta
August 2nd, 2010 11:34 AM
As a small number of so-called "moderate Democrats" voice opposition to raising taxes in the middle of a weak economic recovery, a movement is surfacing in the liberal media to shout them down and force the expiration of the Bush tax cuts. One such voice is Fareed Zakaria who used the Sunday CNN program bearing his name as well as a Washington Post op-ed Monday to make his dishonest case.…
Fareed Zakaria Defends Obama's Oil Spill Response: 'What Does the Medi
June 13th, 2010 11:36 AM
Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria on Sunday worked overtime trying to defend Barack Obama's pathetic response to the Gulf Coast oil spill while chastising his colleagues in the media for having the nerve to criticize the president.In the opening segment of his "Fareed Zakaria GPS" aired on CNN, Zakaria asked, "Have we all gone crazy?" He continued, "In dealing with the serious problem involving technical…
James Carville Bashes Fareed Zakaria: 'I Wanted to Hit Him With a Foot
June 11th, 2010 12:43 AM
Democrat strategist James Carville Thursday had strong words for Fareed Zakaria who in an interview recently published at CNN.com defended President Obama's handling of the Gulf Coast oil spill."When I read that I wanted to hit him with a football bat," Carville told CNN's John King on the program bearing his name.For those not getting the joke, Carville was mocking Zakaria's reference to "…
Predictable: CNN’s Fareed Zakaria Blames Bush for Israeli Flotilla T
June 6th, 2010 4:46 PM
Obviously, blaming former President George W. Bush is en vogue - for everything from the BP oil spill to the current economic malaise. But some things that are going wrong in the world - it just seems to be a bit of a stretch to pin on a former administration. But that didn't stop CNN's Fareed Zakaria, also the editor of Newsweek International. On his June 6 show "Fareed Zakaria GPS," Zakaria…
Newsweek's Zakaria Warns His Colleague Alter's Book Is 'Unabashedly Pr
May 24th, 2010 3:22 PM
CNN host and Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria concluded his program Sunday with some blatant commercial plugs -- first, for his show's nifty GPS mugs, now on sale at the CNN online store, and second, for his Newsweek colleague Jonathan Alter's book. He warned the book is "unabashedly pro-Obama," and Zakaria ought to know, since he gauzily endorsed Obama on CNN late in the 2008 race. …
Newsweek Helps Energy Secretary Chu Push Cap-and-Trade
April 1st, 2010 11:48 AM
At Newsweek, the global warming crusade remains an important mission. The magazine's latest push came in an interview by CNN contributor Fareed Zakharia of Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Zakaria threw softballs to Chu throughout the article, as Newsweek showed it was simply a matter of when - not if - the administration should continue to pursue a drastic environmental agenda. It was revealing…
George Soros Declares a 'Bankruptcy' of Free-Market Capitalism
March 1st, 2010 2:54 PM
You'd think the money man behind an array of left wing organizations wouldn't need CNN to get out his message about the death and "bankruptcy" of free-market capitalism, but there was left-wing billionaire and financier George Soros on "GPS" Feb.18 Interviewed by Fareed Zakaria, Soros said he disagreed with President Obama's decision to bail out the banks. Soros would have nationalized them.…
Fareed Zakaria Campaigns For A National Sales Tax
March 1st, 2010 1:06 AM
Fareed Zakaria used his CNN program Sunday to campaign for a national sales tax.This came just two weeks after he absurdly accused the tax cuts implemented by George W. Bush of being the biggest cause of today's budget deficit. Zakaria began the most recent installment of "GPS" by first discussing how great a country America is, but "we have big problems.""[T]he biggest one, by far, the one to…