:53:03
that is, that they were
always calling me--
:53:07
it didn't seem strange before,
but clearly,
:53:10
there are some problems with the story.
You've pointed them out.
:53:12
One portion of it
was structured in a way that--
:53:19
l just-- well...
:53:21
in light of all this...
:53:27
l just--
:53:29
l'm increasingly beginning to believe
that l've been duped.
:53:38
And so we hang up,
:53:40
after he's basically let these guys
interrogate me for an hour.
:53:43
And l go, ''Chuck,
wh-what happened?
:53:47
l mean, why
didn't you back me up?''
:53:49
He goes, ''l'm sorry, Steve,
l've got to protect the magazine.
:53:51
- l mean, l'm the editor.''
- Typical.
:53:53
He's being such an asshole.
So l'm dead, pretty much.
:53:57
:53:59
Yes, this is Kambiz.
:54:01
Can we have a talk here?
Just editor to editor?
:54:06
Sure. Go ahead.
:54:08
Completely off the record, and really
almost human being to human being?
:54:12
Of course.
:54:14
You guys have discovered something
that a troubled kid has done,
:54:17
but l still don't know
how you plan to play it.
:54:20
We're not in the business
of ''gotcha'' journalism here.
:54:23
l have no interest in embarrassing
you or The New Republic.
:54:25
l'm not worried about me
or the magazine. That's fair game,
:54:28
But there's a kid here
who basically,
:54:30
just plainly, screwed up.
Big time.
:54:33
His reporting was sloppy,
we know that.
:54:35
But we're trying to handle it
internally at this point,
:54:38
just as you would.
:54:40
Listen, we're going to run
something
:54:42
along the lines of,
''A trick was pulled,
:54:45
and some very clever hackers
managed to create an illusion.''
:54:48
l can't tell you
what to print or not to print.
:54:50
You guys are journalists.
:54:52
But... he could be very hurt
by what you guys publish. His career.
:54:55
Chuck, l understand.
l do.
:54:58
l would hope if l made
the mistakes he made,