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CNN suspends Fareed Zakaria for plagiarism

CNN has joined Time Magazine and suspended Fareed Zakaria following his admission of plagiarism.

"We have reviewed Fareed Zakaria’s TIME column, for which he has apologized," CNN said in a written statement. "He wrote a shorter blog post on CNN.com on the same issue which included similar unattributed excerpts. That blog post has been removed and CNN has suspended Fareed Zakaria while this matter is under review."

Time Magazine suspended Zakaria earlier this afternoon after he admitted to plagiarizing an April article about the National Rifle Association by New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore.

"TIME accepts Fareed's apology, but what he did violates our own standards for our columnists, which is that their work must not only be factual but original; their views must not only be their own but their words as well," Ali Zelenko, Time's SVP of Communications, said in a statement. "As a result, we are suspending Fareed's column for a month, pending further review."

The full details of Zakaria's plagiarism and his apology can be read here.

UPDATE (5:39 p.m.): A CNN spokesperson informs of the changes to CNN's Sunday programming following Zakaria's suspension:

“Your Money with Ali Velshi” will air at 10am. “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer” will air at 1pm.