On the heels of Lawrence Downes's sincere elegy to copy editors in the New York Times, Gene Weingarten tips his hat as only Gene can do in the Washington Post.
UPDATE: Chris Wienandt and David Sullivan respond to the Times piece.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
They Like Us; They Really Like Us
On the heels of Lawrence Downes's sincere elegy to copy editors in the New York Times, Gene Weingarten tips his hat as only Gene can do in the Washington Post.
UPDATE: Chris Wienandt and David Sullivan respond to the Times piece.
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Excellent job! Thanks for posting.
Bill, I'm slightly surprised that you didn't link Jane Black's article about passive-aggressively correcting menu typos.
1 in 5 Washington Post copy editors don't run a spellcheck on the subhed:
More Than 90 Percent of Americans Believe in God, Study Finds
One in Five Self-Proclaimed Athiests Express Faith in Higher Power
Funny -- I was just laughing at the content of that "atheists who believe in God" angle.
(That Washingtonpost.com headline wouldn't have been written by a Washington Post copy editor, for what it's worth.)
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