Fareed Zakaria

Even CNN Anchors Stunned Obama Still Has No Strategy to Defeat ISIS
By Randy Hall | June 9, 2015 | 7:07 PM EDT

During Monday's edition of the Cable News Network program At This Hour With Berman and Bolduan, anchors John Berman and Kate Bolduan played a clip of Barack Obama admitting that he still has no complete strategy to defeat ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

Noting that the president said almost the same thing about the same subject last year, Berman called Obama's comments “surprising,” and Bolduan stated that “he is really opening himself up to criticism, especially ... in light of the continued gains by ISIS.”

Krugman Falsely Claims Romney Wants to Enact Greece's Failed Economic Policies Here
By Noel Sheppard | May 20, 2012 | 7:30 PM EDT

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman on Sunday continued his campaign to get Barack Obama reelected by misinforming the public about the economy.

Appearing on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, the Nobel laureate falsely claimed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney wants to enact Greece's failed economic policies here in America (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Fareed Zakaria Asks 'Is Democracy Part of Europe's Economic Problems?'
By Noel Sheppard | May 13, 2012 | 10:44 AM EDT

CNN's Fareed Zakaria asked a question this weekend guaranteed to raise some eyebrows not only on both sides of the aisle but also on both sides of the Atlantic.

On the program bearing his name, Zakaria amazingly asked Sunday if the economic problems in Europe are caused by democracy and not austerity (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Fareed Zakaria on War on Terror: 'We Look Like Scared, Fearful Losers'
By Noel Sheppard | May 6, 2012 | 11:36 AM EDT

While President Obama and his adoring media did a victory lap on the one year anniversary of Osama bin Laden's assassination, Fareed Zakaria had a completely different take about how the War on Terror is going.

On CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS Sunday, the host said, "We don't look like people who have won a war. We look like scared, fearful losers" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Fareed Zakaria Shocker: Buffett Rule Is 'Bad Politics' for Obama
By Noel Sheppard | April 29, 2012 | 10:28 AM EDT

A truly shocking thing happened on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS Sunday.

The perilously liberal host - with journalistically corrupt ties to the current White House - came out against the millionaires' tax known as the Buffett Rule calling it "bad politics in the long run for Obama" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

CNN's Zakaria Supports Obama's Buffett Rule
By Matt Hadro | April 18, 2012 | 6:56 PM EDT

CNN host Fareed Zakaria, who admitted last year that he held off-the-record conversations with President Obama even though he was covering the President's foreign policy, has now expressed his support for the Buffett Rule – legislation that Obama has pushed for in recent weeks.

Zakaria is reportedly on the short list of considerations for Obama's next Secretary of State if the President is re-elected, and has had to answer for his conversations with Obama and any possible conflict they might have had with his reporting on foreign affairs. Now he is supporting legislation that the President has asked Congress to pass.

CNN's Fareed Zakaria Being Considered for Diplomatic Post in Obama Second Term - Maybe Secretary of State
By Noel Sheppard | April 17, 2012 | 3:21 PM EDT

It appears all those private meetings Fareed Zakaria has with President Obama discussing foreign policy might just pay off for the CNN host.

According to the Washington Free Beacon, Zakaria is being considered for a diplomatic post - even Secretary of State - if the current White House resident gets reelected in November:

Fareed Zakaria Shocker: U.S. Tax Code Too Progressive, Rich Pay More Than In Other Countries
By Noel Sheppard | March 25, 2012 | 9:09 AM EDT

Readers are strongly advised to fasten their seatbelts before continuing. You've been warned.

On CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS Sunday, the perilously liberal host actually complained about America's tax code being too progressive while noting, "The top ten percent in America pay a larger share of total taxes, 45.1%, than do the top ten percent in any of the 24 countries examined" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Fareed Zakaria to Grover Norquist: 'Aren't You to Blame' for Rising Debt?
By Matt Hadro | March 19, 2012 | 1:00 PM EDT

Apparently, Grover Norquist and the Republican Party are to blame for the rising debt, according to CNN's Fareed Zakaria. In his Sunday interview with Norquist, Zakaria argued that the GOP tax-cutting agenda failed to also cut spending, which led to the country's increase in borrowing.

Zakaria's sloppy logic also revealed itself later when he posed to Norquist that tax cuts didn't necessarily lead to economic growth.

Joe Klein Shocker: Requiring Insurers to Cover Birth Control 'Major Overstepping of the State's Role'
By Noel Sheppard | March 4, 2012 | 9:45 PM EST

Time's Joe Klein on Sunday took a position that is likely to shock people on both sides of the aisle.

In a discussion about birth control on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, Klein surprisingly said, "Why, in a country where we don't require employers to provide health insurance should we require them to - those who do provide health insurance - to provide contraception? Now, I'm all in favor of contraception, but I think that this is a major overstepping of the state's role" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

National Review's Salam Schools Klein, Vanden Heuvel and Zakaria on Tea Party and Taxes
By Noel Sheppard | March 4, 2012 | 8:57 PM EST

National Review's Reihan Salam on Sunday proved once again that liberal media members no matter what their number are no match for one well-informed conservative.

On CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS, Salam took on the host, Time magazine's Joe Klein, and the Nation's Katrina Vanden Heuvel on a far-ranging discussion about how both sides of the aisle view taxes, the Tea Party, and social change with the conservative ending up looking like the only knowledgeable person in the room (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Zbigniew Brzezinski: 'I Literally Feel Embarrassed as an American' by GOP Presidential Candidates
By Noel Sheppard | February 25, 2012 | 2:26 PM EST

Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski had some harsh words for the Republican presidential candidates this weekend.

During an interview to be aired on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS Sunday, Brzezinski said, "I must say I literally feel embarrassed as an American when I see those people orate" (video follows with transcript and commentary):