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.
More Quotes by Jayson Blair
I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.
If they're all so brilliant and I'm such an affirmative-action hire, how come they didn't catch me?
I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.
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.
I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.'
Racism built me into a person that was set up to be self-destructive.