Jayson Blair
Jayson Blair
Jayson Thomas Blairis an American journalist formerly 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth17 May 1984
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
college men black
I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree.
race roles action
I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring.
believe race demon
I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.
brilliant action catch-me
If they're all so brilliant and I'm such an affirmative-action hire, how come they didn't catch me?
people stories want
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.
lying done ugly
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.
making-amends situation seeking
I am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.
lying would-be weakness
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.
people forever disappear
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 brilliant journalism
I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.