1:02:00
You know, l had a description of it
from so many sources,
1:02:03
l thought l had it solid.
Okay?
1:02:06
And l wanted the piece
to have an eyewitness feel to it,
1:02:09
for color-- so...
l said l'd been there myself.
1:02:12
And everything
we just told the Forbes guys--?
1:02:16
l'm so sorry, Chuck.
1:02:19
l just panicked.
1:02:25
lf you want me to say
that l made it up--
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l will.
lf that'll help you, l'll say it.
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l just want you
to tell me the truth, Steve.
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Can you do that?
1:02:38
There might be facets
of this that you're not considering.
1:02:42
- Why are you defending him?
- Nobody's defending him, Chuck.
1:02:45
- Of course you're defending him.
- He's a kid.
1:02:48
He doctored his notes, Lew.
Just consider that for a second.
1:02:51
You know?
He sat down,
1:02:54
and he hand-wrote
a bunch of phony quotes
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and handed them in
as source material for the fact-check.
1:02:58
- Doesn't that offend you?
- Of course it does.
1:03:01
He also lied to his editor.
That's supposed to offend you too.
1:03:04
He's a confused, distraught kid
obviously, Chuck.
1:03:07
So suspend him for a couple of months,
but let's not bury him.
1:03:10
Suspend him...
1:03:13
There are also political considerations
to take into account here--
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the rest of the staff,
the way they feel about him.
1:03:21
- l already know all that.
- What l'm saying is,
1:03:24
if you fire him,
some of these people will leave.
1:03:28
l don't know if we'd still have
a magazine at the end of the day.
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- Hey, Caitlin.
- Not now, David.
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- How's he doing?
- Well, he's a wreck, of course.
1:03:44
- l want him in here, Caitlin.
- He's too scared to come in here.
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He thinks you want to destroy him.
He knows what he did was horrible.
1:03:51
He knows how badly
he messed up.
1:03:54
The part he's most upset about
is lying to you, Chuck.
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Because he knows you took it
as a sign of disrespect
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instead of a panic move,
which is what it was.