:Journalistopia

An excerpt from Washington Post writer Gene Weingarten’s ode to copyeditors:

“The inessentialness of copy editors is underscored by the advent of sophisticated spellchecking systems which have introduced a hole new level of error-free proofreading. No longer can we say that the editor’s penis mightier than the sword.”

I nearly did a Diet Coke spit take on my keyboard. Read the rest here.

[Hat tip to Common Sense Journalism]

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