Can we have a talk here? Just editor to editor? Sure, go ahead. Completely off the record...

Chuck Lane: [Over the phone] Can we have a talk here? Just editor to editor? Kambiz Foroohar: Sure, go ahead. Chuck Lane: Completely off the record and really almost human being to human being? Kambiz Foroohar: Of course. Chuck Lane: You guys have discovered something that a troubled kid has done. But I still don't know how you plan to play it. Kambiz Foroohar: Chuck, we're not in the business of "gotcha" journalism here. I have no interest in embarrassing you or The New Republic. Chuck Lane: I'm not worried about me or the magazine. That's fair game. But there's a kid here who basically just plainly screwed up. Big time. His reporting was sloppy. We know that. But we're trying to handle it internally at this point. Just as you would. Kambiz Foroohar: Listen... we're going to run something along the lines of a trick was pulled, and some very clever hackers managed to create an illusion. Chuck Lane: I can't tell you what to print or not to print. You guys are journalists. But he could be very hurt by what you guys publish. His career. Kambiz Foroohar: Chuck, I understand. I do. I would hope if I made the mistakes he made people would be generous with me. But this concerns the very field we cover. We have to run it. And when we do, we're gonna need a comment from you, so, given everything that's happened, how strongly are you going to stand behind this story? Chuck Lane: [Looking at the fake business card] I'm looking into it.