Fareed Zakaria
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- Independent Review
- Editorial Review: Apr 2025
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Fareed Zakaria is a author source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Lean Left.
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Background
Continuing to inform his perspective, Zakaria's personal life has brought him into many roles and across much of the world. Born in India, Zakaria received a B.A. from Yale University, a Ph.D. from Harvard University, as well as honorary degrees from John's Hopkins, Brown, the University of Miami, and Oberlin College. In 1992, he joined Foreign Affairs as a managing editor, which he continued until 2000. That year, he joined Newsweek to oversee their abroad editions for ten years, also joining CNN as host of the GPS program in 2008. In 2010, he moved on to be editor-at-large of TIME, still continuing GPS as well. In 2014, he became a contributing editor at The Atlantic. Today, he continues to host GPS and writes an international weekly column for The Washington Post.
While that covers his professional background, he has also written several books. From Wealth to Power came out in 1998, The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy was released in 2003 and The Post-American World followed in 2008, while In Defense of a Liberal Education came out in 2015. The Post-American World also had an expanded edition released in 2011.
Sources:
CNN: GPS
The Washington Post: Fareed Zakaria
Bias Reviews
We use multiple methods to analyze sources. Learn how we rate media bias.Fareed Zakaria Moved From Center to Lean Left Following April 2025 Small Group Editorial Review
A group of three AllSides reviewers on the left, center, and right rated Fareed Zakaria Lean Left in an April 2025 Small Group Editorial Review.
Zakaria is a columnist for The Washington Post, host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, and an author. A Center reviewer noted that his story choice is consistently critical of President Donald Trump, including recent critiques of Trump’s tariff policy and his relationship with Vladimir Putin. However, Zakaria has also criticized former President Joe Biden and Democratic Party strategies.
Fareed Zakaria Rated Center in July 2021 Independent Review
Fareed Zakaria's AllSides Bias RatingTM is 'center'. Zakaria's face, and perhaps name, is most often associated with CNN's program, GPS. Here, he has recently (July 2017) covered North Korea, Russia, how Democrats need to appeal to a larger audience, dirty energy, and how conservative voices are continually shut out. From this range and his views throughout, he continually jumps the aisle, informing his 'center' AllSides Bias RatingTM.
Confidence Level
Confidence is determined by how many reviews have been applied and consistency of data.As of June 2026, AllSides has low or initial confidence in our Lean Left rating for Fareed Zakaria. If we perform more bias reviews and gather consistent data, this confidence level will increase.