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Jayson Blair is an American journalist who gained notoriety for his fraudulent reporting at The New York Times. In 2003, he was fired for fabricating news and plagiarizing others' work.

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“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.”

Lost Moral Needed Beats Sight Ethical Climbing

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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.”

Knows Want Done Lying Interest Truth Is Ugly

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“It's very painful to have something that's not true written about you.”

Written Painful

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“Racism built me into a person that was set up to be self-destructive.”

Persons Self Racism Built Destructive Self Destructive

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“One of my weaknesses happens to be lying, and I could tell you that I'm never going to lie again in my life, but that would be a lie.”

Happens Would Be Lying Weakness

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“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.”

People Seems Forever Disappear Holes

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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.”

Firsts Wells Shows Not Sure Remorse

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“I can't say anything other than the fact that I feel a range of emotions including guilt, shame, sadness, betrayal, freedom and appreciation for those who have stood by me, been tough on me, and have taken the time to understand that there is a deeper story and not to believe everything they read in the newspapers.”

Feels Believe I Can Facts Stories Emotion Taken Sadness Tough Shame Guilt Including Appreciation Deeper Betrayal Newspapers Range Say Anything Range Of Emotions

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

Situation Seeking Amends Making Amends

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“I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.”

People Brilliant Journalism Fooled Brilliant Ideas

Book:Burning Down My Masters' House: My Life at the New York Times

Source: Burning Down My Masters' House: My Life at the New York Times

“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.”

People Years Wells Looks Said Stories Guy Four Media Amount News Caught Plus Four Years This Guy Corrections News Media

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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?”

Ifs Action Brilliant Brilliant Ideas Affirmative Action Affirmative Catch Me

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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.”

Believe I Believe My Own Race Caught Demon Caught Up

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

Knows Action Race Roles Know How Hiring Affirmative Action Affirmative

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

Men Used Black Walks College Degrees College Degree

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“I think people can learn from my experience - you know, any young people who are under pressure, whether you work on Wall Street or you work in a factory in Alabama, and young journalists.”

People Thinking Knows Young Streets Wall Pressure Journalist Factories Alabama Under Pressure

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

Hard Race Roles Cases

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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.”

Asks Process My Own Vulnerable Clients Engaging

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“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.”

Feels Values Blow Profession Unfortunate

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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.”

Kind Has Beens Moments Beautiful Certain Painful Convinced Rage Minorities Bubbles

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“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.”

People Want Stories Right Thing Reports Wrong Things

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

Done Sorry Damage I'm Sorry

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About the Author

Born: March 23, 1976
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 22

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