New York Times journalist admits regrets over Kavanaugh smear campaign

One of the reporters who was part of the "smear campaign" against U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation process in 2018 has admitted that he has regrets in what was essentially a fabricated account of Brett Kavanaugh's high school life.

According to Breitbart, "the reporter, David Enrich, expressed his regrets to Mark Judge, one of Kavanaugh’s classmates who was falsely accused of having been present when a young Kavanaugh supposedly sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford."

Per the source, Judge wrote at ChroniclesMagazine.org that "Enrich’s frank response to a media query had caught him by surprise."

Here's an excerpt from that article:

Enrich responded in a way that surprised me: “I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about my role in the Kavanaugh coverage, and I would be happy to talk to you about it at some point. For now, I will just say that I have learned some lessons and would probably do certain things differently next time.”

Enrich seemed to be having second thoughts about his role in the Kavanaugh feeding frenzy—especially with a new book coming out. He seemed to feel that his integrity was in question and needed repair. Perhaps that’s why he tried to minimize his role in the affair by stating, “I would quibble with the statement that I covered a lot of the Kavanaugh nomination. I believe I co-wrote two articles.”

That’s true, but the two articles he did write, or to be exact co-wrote, were quite lengthy and caused a terrible amount of damage and distress to my family and friends. “I can’t imagine what it was like for you to go through that,” he said. This expression of sympathy was remarkable coming from the person who had caused it, and (speaking as a former Catholic schoolboy) it made me want to give him a chance to atone for his sins, should he be inclined to confess them.

Do you think that Enrich is truly sorry for his actions?

Or is he only sorry he was caught?