The opportunists

"But Mr Mubarak was dealt a significant setback as the state-controlled Al-Ahram, Egypt's second oldest newspaper and one of the most famous media publications in the Middle East, abandoned its long-standing position of slavish support for the regime.  In a front-page leader, the newspaper's editor-in-chief, Osama Saraya hailed the "nobility" of what he described as a "revolution" and demanded that the government embark of irreversible constitutional and legislative changes."  Saraya is one of those untalented people who have no chance of rising in an institution that prizes merit and qualification.  He has been under pressures from the staff of Al-Ahram to distance himself, and once the regime is overthrown, he won't be writing or leading for sure, unless it is in a `Umar Sulayman republic.