tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post7730634382953886035..comments2023-08-19T06:19:28.990-04:00Comments on the nytpicker: Sam Sifton, NYT's Culture Editor, Describes His Staff As "Work Horses" and Show Ponies."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-529104036158264612009-03-22T19:04:00.000-04:002009-03-22T19:04:00.000-04:00Paying attention always helps."Available to the pu...Paying attention always helps.<BR/><BR/>"Available to the public" means that any Tom, Dick or Harry with an Internet connection can grab the pictures. The computer can be anywhere one can read the NYT online. Even people at the Post can do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-45109728351100597092009-03-22T17:27:00.000-04:002009-03-22T17:27:00.000-04:00So we're agreed, NYTPicker works at the Times. Who...So we're agreed, NYTPicker works at the Times. Who is it? Carr? Sifton? Stelter, maybe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-60399682477659923452009-03-22T14:50:00.000-04:002009-03-22T14:50:00.000-04:00If your head shot has run on the web, it's gener...If your head shot has run on the web, it's generally available to the public. When you willingly make yourself part of the so-called "conversation," privacy becomes a dead horse.<BR/>Mr. Sifton, for example, did "Talk to the Newsroom" a while back and there it was, for anyone who wanted it, click and drag, bingo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-61408050625051370302009-03-22T14:37:00.000-04:002009-03-22T14:37:00.000-04:00I'm guessing that the NYTPicker has access to the ...I'm guessing that the NYTPicker has access to the Internal NYT website where the photos of the editors and writers can be found. (The copyright issues and privacy issues shouldn't be dismissed lightly even though it's all in fun around here.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-9673407799890338932009-03-21T15:02:00.000-04:002009-03-21T15:02:00.000-04:00Sam Sifton is the NYTPicker. He's trying to throw...Sam Sifton is the NYTPicker. He's trying to throw us off the scent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-3823142733503963402009-03-21T12:13:00.000-04:002009-03-21T12:13:00.000-04:00But NYTPicker doesn't work at the New York Times. ...But NYTPicker doesn't work at the New York Times. Or does he/she? Wouldn't that be funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8007635024151290238.post-2210577217743806742009-03-21T07:18:00.000-04:002009-03-21T07:18:00.000-04:00How would I feel if I were considered either a wor...How would I feel if I were considered either a work horse or a show pony? I would be happy to have a stall with water in this economy. <BR/><BR/>Seriously, anyone with a brain should know why John Prine wrote, "Dear Abby". You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't. <BR/><BR/>So NYTPicker, stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com