Posted by
Noam D. Gear on Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:22:03 AM
Hola Señor Ombudsman of the New York Times:
Now that Mexican trillionaire-in-pesos Carlos Helu has "invested" $250 million into the New York Times you will have a new job Title. It will be "Defensor del Pueblo". That is what Google Translate makes out of the word "Ombudsman".
Translating that back into English, it means "Defender of the Town". How about that?
Hey there "Defensor", you may not have noticed, but the "town" you are defending has been picked up and carted off to Mexico by Mr. Helu.
Your new job as "Defensor del Pueblo" is simple. You will be an apologist for the crappy journalists at your newspaper. They, in turn, will be apologists for something related to Carlos Helu or Mexico.
I cannot wait until you are replaced by a Mexican who will be paid much less money for the hard work of ignoring journalistic malpractice that is so rampant at your newspaper.
Hasta la no vista buddy. Don't let the Rio Grande River hit your butt on the way out.