I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.

You know I am done lying. Obscuring the truth is no longer something I have any interest in doing. I want it all to come out. The good, the bad, the ugly.

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.

Once I had a better beat, I needed to have an even better one. And somewhere in that climbing, I lost sight of, sort of, my moral and ethical underpinnings.

I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.

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

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