tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1949440726674531864..comments2024-03-29T08:54:53.425-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Chicago Icons #4: Art Petacque, Part TwoNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-83380468230349628592020-05-14T15:29:20.640-05:002020-05-14T15:29:20.640-05:00Well, this is pretty interesting. I can't dec...Well, this is pretty interesting. I can't decide whether I think you should have gone ahead with this column, or not. I do give you a lot of credit for linking to the Michael Miner column going into much more detail about it, though. <br /><br />In that, you're quoted as saying: "It was a painful memory for me, and I saw this as an opportunity to expunge it--perhaps." I guess I'm not wild about that rationale, not that anybody's asking. <br /><br />As for "I was a nothing night-shift reporter who didn't realize I shouldn't do it until I'd done it for a while," that seems a little hard to believe, which I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear. You were a whip-smart Medill graduate, acting as "a de facto plagiarist," and it took you a while to figure that out? But, I'd have hated being put in the position you were put in, and blame whoever assigned it to you much more than you.<br /><br />Miner wrote: "Between 1973 and 1989 Petacque may have changed. Or maybe he didn't change but journalism changed around him. At any rate, Greene remembered a colorful old pro in his prime, Steinberg a colorful old fart who'd outlived his time." That seems to be the crux of the matter -- the guy was allowed by the higher-ups to get away with stuff that he might not have in his earlier years. "When you're a star, they let you do it," after all...<br /><br />As for "Bobwatch," I don't see what Miner's big deal is about that being pseudonymous, given your situation. <br /><br />Sorry for this take, which I'm not very comfortable posting, myself. Obviously, I'm looking at this in the abstract, and it was very personal for you. Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90258054024245635342020-05-14T12:45:41.040-05:002020-05-14T12:45:41.040-05:00Love that paddy wagon image, Mr. S. It's not C...Love that paddy wagon image, Mr. S. It's not Chicago, but it's classic Weegee, from "The Naked City" (NYC)...and how did he get that name, you ask? "He gets to crime scenes so fast that he must have a Ouija (pronounced "weegee") board!" somebody once said (don't know the source)...and the name stuck. Actually, New York's most famous photographer had a police radio in his car, and it had a portable darkroom in its trunk. True story.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-19401180273349465932020-05-14T08:05:38.510-05:002020-05-14T08:05:38.510-05:00Interesting...Interesting...privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18413982311699012802noreply@blogger.com