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 used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree.

I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.

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.

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

Some people it seems to me would like for me to crawl in a hole and disappear forever. That's just not in my nature.