coming up, how corporations pay their ceos more, more than they actually pay in federal taxes. that gets tonight s rewrite. and later, mayor michael bloomberg s hurricane briefings in spanish provoked what has been called the best thing about hurricane irene, the tweets of el bloombito.
it is a compelling and grim piece. frank rich, writer at large for new york magazine, thank you very much for joining me tonight. delighted to be with you. coming up, how corporations pay their ceos more, more than they actually pay in federal taxes. that gets tonight s rewrite. and later, mayor michael bloomberg s hurricane briefings in spanish provoked what has been called the best thing about hurricane irene, the tweets of el bloombito. [ ticking ] [ grunts ] we are!
okay, that s the first time that i ve seen the anthony tape. i could watch that all night. this morning, the new york times revealed to the world the identity of el bloombito. she is rachel figueroa-levin, and she joins me now by phone. rachel, thank you very much for joining me tonight. thank you for having me, i m kind of excited. i m a huge fan of your show. oh, great. now, rachel, you are in the middle, or what happens just the beginning of your 15 minutes of fame, and i understand it s been so disorienting to you that you re staying in an undisclosed location and dealing with us in the media just by phone. yes. so great things have happened. you ve got agents reaching out to you saying, you know, is there a book here, kind of amazing stuff has happened, right? yeah, i really can t believe, you know, this is happening.
let me summarize very briefly in spanish. [ speaking in a foreign language ] the city s spanish-speaking residents were as well-informed by the mayor as the english-only community was, but some in the spanish-speaking community were also amused. a twitter account suddenly popped up called el bloombito and delivered mayoral-sounding reports. like [ speaking in a foreign language ]
during hurricane weekend, new york s mayor michael bloomberg gave clear, detailed, reassuring instructions to new yorkers. let me summarize very briefly in spanish. [ speaking in a foreign language ] the city s spanish-speaking residents were as well-informed by the mayor as the english-only community was, but some in the spanish-speaking community were also amused. a twitter account suddenly popped up called el bloombito and delivered mayoral-sounding reports. like [ speaking in a foreign language ] and [ speaking in a foreign