Fareed Zakaria of Global Public Square on CNN is one of our favorite hosts. I particularly like him because of his, what I call, balanced presentations.
At the end of each show he has quizes and sometimes humorous political episodes from around the globe. Last Sunday he presented following oration by a Mr. Albanese in the Australian cabinet. His address seemed like it was physically lifted from a speech delivered by President Shepard, played by Michael Douglas, in the movie "The American President".
I could not get the video clip so I am presenting the actual but written comparison presented by Fareed Zakaria on CNN website.
"ALBANESE: In
SHEPHERD: We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them.
ALBANESE: Tony Abbott it's not the least bit interested in fixing anything.
SHEPHERD: Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving.
ALBANESE: He's only interested in two things.
SHEPHERD: He is interested in two things.
ALBANESE: Making Australians afraid of it and telling them who's to blame for it.
SHEPHERD: Making you afraid of it and telling who's to blame for it."
After the video tape Zakaria says; "ZAKARIA: Coincidence? I'll let you be the judge"
Except for two or three words, the speeches are identical. Some might consider this a plagiarism. But, to me, the subjects of both speeches seemed identical and extraordinarily ordinary. Thus, they cannot but be described with similar and common words. In my opinion, this might just be a coincidence.
But then, I have been wrong many times before......
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