American - Journalist | May 23, 1976 -
I am immensely contrite. And I'm sorry for the damage I've done.
Jayson Blair
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I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.'
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I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.
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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.
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If they're all so brilliant and I'm such an affirmative-action hire, how come they didn't catch me?
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I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.
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I seek to be authentic and engaging, using my own experiences, being as vulnerable as I ask my clients to be, to enhance the process.
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Racism built me into a person that was set up to be self-destructive.
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I have lived a life that has been beautiful and painful at some moments. But I am convinced others can learn how to control a certain kind of rage that bubbles up in many Americans, particularly, but not limited to, women, blacks, and other minorities.
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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.
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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.
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I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree.
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