But, how do you all feel about him?
1: You share most of his points of view.
2: You enjoy his writings.
3: I am indifferent.
4: You simply dislike his articles (writing style, phrasing, whatever)
5: You feel he is off-base in most aspects, and/or biased.
6: Fareed who? Wasn't he in the Old Testament?
Try to be nice, please.
It's not something people hear about.
It's a little bit biased, and probably a bit too much sucking up, considering it comes from FareedZakaria.com (the website his PR has put up), but it gives you the general idea.
It's a pretty impressive background.
If you read Newsweek, most of his articles are the ones about international politics, and usually the cover story.
I tend to read both Newsweek, Time, New York Times, and anything else I happen across while sitting down somewhere, so that between all of them, I can sort out what is certain, and what's BS. In most regards, I find Time to be overall more professional and on a bit higher discussion level in most regards (written more for the involved or serious political enthusiast), where Newsweek seems to be more of the Every Day Person's Political Source. Fareed Zakaria though, is, regardless of your stance, Newsweek's best columnist (I would say, hands down, but someone could debate, I guess).
He has some rather interesting ideas overall, and is pretty good about not being on anyone's side. He points out flaws in America, even if it's unpatriotic, but he doesn't blame anyone for them, and does talk about how they could/should be fixed. Even though he does that, he doesn't portray Iraq or North Korea as "being bullied by the Imperial States of America" or anything, and doesn't gloss over stuff.
[Edit]:I really should stop talking about him though, because I'm biasing my own thread... [ 04-25-2003: Message edited by: Lashanna ]
By any chance, was this brought on by his appearance on the Daily Show With Jon Stewart?
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Mr. Crabs wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
By any chance, was this brought on by his appearance on the Daily Show With Jon Stewart?
He has fake hair.
And he looks like a wax sculpture.
It's not something people hear about.
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I have to go with number one.By any chance, was this brought on by his appearance on the Daily Show With Jon Stewart?
Yes, yes it was. He was surprisingly entertaining on the Daily Show, and fairly quick-witted and charismatic. He should do more on TV, maybe get a slot as a panelist or something on certain shows.
Watching the Daily Show while doing your PolSci homework/studying, and posting on EC, brings up weird polls topics like this.
It's pathetic, some women get excited over a new movie featuring their favorite actor, or a concert with their favorite performer... I look forward to reading Newsweek, when the cover story is written by Fareed Zakaria.
But really, for hardcore news/politics, you need to start with The Economist, and maybe even a touch of U.S. News/World report. Compared to your normal edition of Newsweek, you get roughly 3-5 times as many articles per mag, hodling a little more credibility and stature among the hardcore political junkies of the world, and the sources are much more professional.
But I digress, newsweek is an effective magazine for it's old-timer prestige and after reading hardcore politics for hours, it's a real relief.
Heh, oops, I guess i'm rambling.. but i guess, on the whole, he has his things in order and makes some good points, at least.
I was wondering what spurred this topic.
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DS had this to say about the Spice Girls:
But really, for hardcore news/politics, you need to start with The Economist, and maybe even a touch of U.S. News/World report. Compared to your normal edition of Newsweek, you get roughly 3-5 times as many articles per mag, hodling a little more credibility and stature among the hardcore political junkies of the world, and the sources are much more professional.
I said that much about Newsweek, but I also said Fareed Zakaria was pretty much the exception to that generalization, 
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I agree with you, Newsweek isn't usually the best, but it has some aspects I like.
U.S. News I'm not too fond of. Truthfully, it just seems a lot less... active journalism, they don't get much firsthand news, they're never the "first ones to have this", and they always end up doing the exact same cover story as Time or News Week it seems,
The Economist, I havn't had too much experience with.
