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.

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.

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

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 fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.

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.

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