Real-world business necessities have impacted the Gray Lady, it seems. And copy editors (most of us in the content provider -- AKA "writer" -- world call them "copy Nazis" ;-) at the New York Times are finding that out the hard way, unfortunately for them.
I have no animus towards the New York Times. Its non-editorial reporting and writing is first-rate, for the most part. But journalism at that level is also a business, first and foremost, and part of a business model that may not be adapting quickly enough to 21st century realities. "Welcome to our world," most writers would tell those copy editors.
Okay, okay: I do admit to just a teensy-weensy bit of schadenfreude, when it comes to copy editors, who are sometimes the bane of an article writer's existence. ;-)
"Using words including “betrayal,” “humiliating” and “covfefe” and suggesting that management had compared them to “dogs urinating on fire hydrants,” copy editors at the New York Times today let executive editor Dean Baquet and his heir apparent, Joseph Kahn, know exactly how they feel about taking the brunt of layoffs and buyouts as the Times expands its reporting ranks."
SIDE NOTE: I would like to nominate "covfefe" as the Stupid Word of the Year Award winner. It can assume its rightful place with other such stupid words, like "macaca." LOL!
New York Times Editors Decry “Humiliating Process” Of Layoffs | Deadline
"Politics is just show business for ugly people."
I have no animus towards the New York Times. Its non-editorial reporting and writing is first-rate, for the most part. But journalism at that level is also a business, first and foremost, and part of a business model that may not be adapting quickly enough to 21st century realities. "Welcome to our world," most writers would tell those copy editors.
Okay, okay: I do admit to just a teensy-weensy bit of schadenfreude, when it comes to copy editors, who are sometimes the bane of an article writer's existence. ;-)
"Using words including “betrayal,” “humiliating” and “covfefe” and suggesting that management had compared them to “dogs urinating on fire hydrants,” copy editors at the New York Times today let executive editor Dean Baquet and his heir apparent, Joseph Kahn, know exactly how they feel about taking the brunt of layoffs and buyouts as the Times expands its reporting ranks."
SIDE NOTE: I would like to nominate "covfefe" as the Stupid Word of the Year Award winner. It can assume its rightful place with other such stupid words, like "macaca." LOL!
New York Times Editors Decry “Humiliating Process” Of Layoffs | Deadline
"Politics is just show business for ugly people."