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

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

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

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

I am immensely contrite. And I'm sorry for the damage I've done.