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zakariaAstute tipster Helam Gebremariam, C '07, said Yale's class day speaker, Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek, was a "total Matt Fox knock off." She writes:

"He made all of the same jokes that Fox did about how Harvard got Gates and Yale got him. He ALSO called someone out (a la Julia Kite) for writing something in the school paper about how he is a nobody in the world of class day speakers. Say what you will about Matt Fox, but 1) hes hot 2) he's funny and 3) he's original."

And he's not even a writer...!

Read more: Class Day, Matthew Fox, Writers

May 27, 2007 @ 8:57 PM | Comments 18 comments | Add comment Post a comment | Link to this article | | Email this post | Share on Facebook

Posted by get over it: [#1] [reply] [track]
( posted May 27, 2007 at 10:21 PM )
can we get over the whole class day speaker subject? it's old.
Posted by KEG: [#2] [reply] [track]
( posted May 27, 2007 at 11:21 PM )
I nominate Kenneth Eng for class day speaker '08
Posted by i thought: [#3] [reply] [track] (in reply to #1)
( posted May 27, 2007 at 11:44 PM )
this was postworthy
Posted by ugh: [#4] [reply] [track]
( posted May 27, 2007 at 11:54 PM )
zakaria = fukuyama wannabe hack

fukuyama = hegel wannabe hack
Posted by yes!: [#5] [reply] [track] (in reply to #2)
( posted May 28, 2007 at 1:40 AM )
Kenneth Eng! Please! I want to be a dragon, too!
Posted by Hegel=: [#6] [reply] [track] (in reply to #4)
( posted May 28, 2007 at 4:06 AM )
Kant wannabe hack
Posted by hmmmm: [#7] [reply] [track]
( posted May 28, 2007 at 11:24 AM )
Continuing Bwog's allegation, maybe Zakaria was Fox's ghostwriter.
Posted by hahah: [#8] [reply] [track] (in reply to #7)
( posted May 28, 2007 at 1:29 PM )
i was thinking the same thing! is it coincidence that he has the exact same speech structure as matthew fox... i think not! i point to the same person writing both speeches!
Posted by LSAT: [#9] [reply] [track]
( posted May 28, 2007 at 3:04 PM )
matthew fox and fareed zakaria make similarly sounding speeches. this means that:

a) zakaria ghostwrote fox's speech

b) fox ghostwrote zakaria's speech

c) both speeches were ghostwritten by the same person

d) any of the above could be true
Posted by the answer: [#10] [reply] [track]
( posted May 28, 2007 at 8:51 PM )
is D. I'm going to Law School!
Posted by DHI: [#11] [reply] [track] (in reply to #9)
( posted May 29, 2007 at 12:14 AM )
The real question is, which ghost wrote the speeches?

My money's on this guy: [ external link to www.amazon.com ]
Posted by ahhahaah: [#12] [reply] [track] (in reply to #11)
( posted May 29, 2007 at 2:59 AM )
"it's jack the ripper does dixie!"
Posted by Umm: [#13] [reply] [track] (in reply to #9)
( posted May 29, 2007 at 4:33 AM )
It could also mean that it's a relatively common way to poke fun at oneself, especially in a year where so much press was given to Class Day speakers and their relative inferiority/superiority. It's entirely possible that each of these speakers went down an obvious path without any ghostwriting having occurred.
Posted by no fucking shit: [#14] [reply] [track] (in reply to #13)
( posted May 29, 2007 at 12:55 PM )
Kinda sad that the humor of this thread is completely lost on you.
Posted by barackthevote: [#15] [reply] [track]
( posted May 31, 2007 at 5:26 PM )
okay well obama called a newspaper staffer out a few years ago, so fox wasnt being original either.
Posted by Libby: [#16] [reply] [track]
( posted June 7, 2007 at 1:14 PM )
i too went to both speeches. (sister graduated from yale). yes, it was surprisingly similar, but should anyone be surprised. In an age of bwog zakaria is far from cool. Zakaria tried to be cool by telling audience that he missed his graduation because he was hungover. But then said that no one came to see him graduate anyway but in reality he was probably just a too much of a nerdy foreign student to care that much. Conclusion in an age of bwog (which Z. mentioned) he was definately aware of Fox's speech.
Posted by Libby: [#17] [reply] [track]
( posted June 7, 2007 at 1:23 PM )
Z. was aware enough of Fox's speech to avoid duplication if he had wanted. Plus Z.'s speech was a real snoozer. He shouldn't have been so worried about impressing the squares at Yale, and should have tried to be more original. Yeah, Yale is square, and hypocritical. How can a school include God in their commencement ceremonies while still pushing a integration agenda???? Answer me that. Z. is whitewashed.
Posted by Libby again: [#18] [reply] [track]
( posted June 7, 2007 at 1:27 PM )
BTW. FOX'S SPEECH WAS WRITTEN BY A LOST WRITER. That speech was chock full of LOST dogma. "Don't appologize for who you are". "Fall into yourself". END OF DISCUSSION.
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