When we report stories, we don't just want to talk to people who did the right thing. We want to talk to people who did the wrong thing.

It's very painful to have something that's not true written about you.

It's hard to say what role race really played in my case.

When we report stories, we don't just want to talk to people who did the right thing. We want to talk to people who did the wrong thing.

I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.

If they're all so brilliant and I'm such an affirmative-action hire, how come they didn't catch me?

I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring.