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Jayson Blair Biography

Jayson Thomas Blair (born March 23, 1976) is a former American journalist associated with The New York Times. He resigned from the newspaper in May 2003 in the wake of the discovery of plagiarism and fabrication in his stories.

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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.

Beat, Climbing, Ethical, Moral, Sight, Underpinnings

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

Painful, True, Written

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.

Ask, Clients, Experiences, Process, Vulnerable

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.

Disappear, Forever, Like, People

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.

Exactly, Firsts, Not Sure, Remorse, Say, Shows

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.

Blow, Feels, Like, Profession, Society, Unfortunate

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.

Amount, Guy, Media, People, Years

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

Action, Define, Race, Role, Roles, Ultimately

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

Case, Cases, Race, Roles, Say

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

Damage, Done, Immensely, Sorry

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

Built, Person, Persons, Racism, Self

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

Amends, Come, Forgiveness, Good, Making Amends, Situation

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, Right, Stories, Thing, Want

I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.

Brilliant, Fooled, Journalism, People

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