I feel like I delivered a blow, an unfortunate blow to a profession that not only did I personally love doing but that I value for society.

I think people can learn from my experience - you know, any young people who are under pressure, whether you work on Wall Street or you work in a factory in Alabama, and young journalists.

I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

Well the first thing I'd say is that I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to do to show my remorse other than to say that I'm remorseful.

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

People in the news media after I got caught said how could you have not caught this guy? He had 50 corrections in four years. That's a lot of corrections. Well what they failed to look at is how many stories there were and out of 700 plus stories, 50 corrections is not a high amount.

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