I can’t imagine what the excuse was for an editor changing “pro-life” to “anti-abortion” in an opera review that had nothing to do with abortion, but whoever you are, well: Thanks for all your help.
Seems like every other day I’m defending us from people who insist editors are narrow-minded, reflexive and unfit to handle the prose of actual writers because they do no writing themselves. And then shit like this happens, at the Los Angeles Times no less.
I know, it’s not a reflection on all of us when one of us errs. Nevertheless: as brainlock-induced fuck-ups go, this one’s gotta be in the top 10.
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