Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, November 25, 2006; Page A03
MIAMI, Nov. 24 -- Dressed in camouflage and brandishing what looked like a submachine gun, the cartoonist for this city's leading Spanish-language newspaper strode into the office of the top editor Friday morning and told startled staff, "I am the new executive editor, and that is my new office."
It was not a joke.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/24/AR2006112400557.html
This is the first time that I have seen this on this blog or any other blog: You present 3 different threads with articles from The Washington Post, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times on the very same subject: Varela's attempted "coup" at The Miami Herald.
Really wallowing in it, aren't you? Well, I guess that anything which you believe discredits your critics is a source of comfort to you, the most discredited of all Cuban-American journalists.
But don't despair: so long as you have Tom Fiedler to protect you — and he is rather fond of you — you'll be able to hold on to your job. Of course, it comes at the price of being Fiedler's chihuhua, but more onerous compromises are made in jail.
The question (for you) should be: "How long will Fiedler be allowed to remain at The Miami Herald?"
Personally, I have only contempt for Fiedler since he exposed Gary Hart's personal life. It is very difficult to respect a man who made his name by sticking his nose in another man's drawers.
Posted by: Manuel A. Tellechea | November 29, 2006 at 12:32 PM