A Scandal Threatens Zakaria’s Image as a Media Star

The mistake, he said, occurred when he confused the notes he had taken about Ms. Lepore’s article — he said he often writes his research in longhand — with notes taken from “Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America,” by Adam Winkler (W.W. Norton, 2011), a copy of which was on his desk at his CNN office.

Turns out Zakaria just plagiarized the wrong thing. Such an easy mistake to make.