Pat Bruno is full of shit

Following the kerfuffle about the Chicago restaurant critic who went on TV using his real name, the critic fired back with a response:
Helen: thanks so much for the publicity re my appearance on the Flay Throwdown. And, of course, bringing it to the attention of one and all at the Sun-Times. Keep that blog mill churning.
Of course, practically everyone in the restaurant business knows what Phil Vettel and Penny Pollack and Dennis Wheaton look like. And, too, a few restaurant owners know what I look like--after all, at one time I had a cooking school here in Chicago, and also owned a chain of cookware stores and some of my best customers were chefs and restaurant owners.
Actually, the person you see on the video is me, but not really me. I was wearing a very clever disguise to, of course, protect my anonymity. Study the video carefully. Then should it happen that Pat and Helen are dining at same restaurant, try and pick me out of the crowd. If you can, dinner is on me. But what difference does it make should I be recognized? Will the restaurant in question suddenly, like magic, put out better quality food? Will inept service suddenly become "ept?" Nah. On the other hand, I can count on one hand the number of times I have been "made" while reviewing a restaurant. Methinks you have brought up a tempest in a crockpot. But then it takes a lot of gossip to fill up a blog.* Keep up the good work. [all emphasis added]

To summarize: 
    1) Everyone already knows what I look like.
    2) I was wearing a disguise.
    3) It does not matter if people know what I look like.
You simply cannot make all of these arguments. Any one of them on its own is bullshit, and easily refuted on its own terms, but to advance them simultaneously is to demonstrate a contempt for readers, the press, and the language, so contradictory are they.
*Bonus bloggers off my lawn swipe from someone working in an industry only slightly more viable than the US whaling industry gets the early nod for the January Bissinger Prize.

Comments

[New Orleans Survivor]

This is the kind of stuff that Orwell wrote about and the now-real-gone W. administration turned into genius art from hell. Let it begone from our new reality!

[New Orleans Survivor]

This is the same kind of word-hell that English professors despise, George Orwell wrote, and the back to Texas W. administration turned into genius art from hell. Let's have it be real gone from our new glorious reality!

[Bridget]

I think the real issue is that he appeared on Flay Throwdown...

[Kylie]

my dad first introduced me to pat bruno's column when i was in middle school, sharing his passion for food, when i got to high school and started taking culinary classes, my junior year it was my idea to read mr. bruno's column in our class every friday. and we did, and disected it to help us learn about restaurants as well as just cooking. now that i am in college, i know that they still read his column every friday. i think he is a wonderful writer, and im sure knows more about food than 99% of us ever will.

[miu miu handbags]

I like all your spectacular writings ! Now let me give you a good website(http://www.replicamiumiu.info) for you . It can show you very good information for you.