To Catch a Critic: Times Strips Sifton Photos From Site

It was noted earlier that the selection of the Times culture editor Sam Sifton as the new restaurant critic signaled that the paper of record has finally given up on the idea of having an anonymous critic. Sifton's photo is not hard to come by and the man is well known in many New York circles. That said, the paper went ahead and stripped all pictures of him from its website, including this one and this little guy. He may be more known than BruniBaby was, but he's no RG. In other news, Sifton is the first Times critic to be on the twitter (except he doesn't update it). Hello 2009!
· BREAKING: NYT's Sam Sifton IN as Next Restaurant Critic [~E~]