[stylist] censorship

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

Whoa!
that's incredibly insulting Lori.

once I submitted an article for a newsletter to 
emergency managemant, that is for our county.  I 
felt it was written very well.  they rewrote the 
last couple paragraphs, it was slightly shorter 
but terrible, as in poor english and poor 
writing.  unfortunately when I found out it was 
too late to take my name off of it.

if this has your name on it, I'd sure refuse to 
put up with this kind of ... well ... crap.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 07:21 PM 5/6/2009, you wrote:
>I may have mentioned that I edit a magazine called Musings of Maturity.
>Last year, the Town   commissioner for senior affairs decided to edit my
>editing, and instead of consulting me, cut and pasted (literally!) little
>squares of corrections, editing out names of 
>products, and words she considered
>obscene, such as crap.   (I'd already substituted that for the more pungent
>word).   Can't recall what she put.   Probably something that didn't belong
>there.   She also decided to change the word "muse" to "inspiration," thus
>changing the meaning of the article entirely.
>
>This year, I've asked for guidelines, and suggested that I'd be glad to
>make corrections so the publication doesn't look 
>unprofessional with messy cuts
>and pastes.   I was told, "But we don't do email."
>
>Strange.   Doesn't the U.S. Postal Service still function?   I'll be glad
>to use it if the commissioner will.
>Or I could hand carry the corrections.   It's not as though town hall is
>that far away.
>
>I'm one step away from refusing to edit this magazine.   It's not a paid
>position.   Also, the writers who contribute to 
>the magazine are quite angry.
>  Last year was the first time our work was censored like this.   We were
>even told we couldn't rewrite a song such as 
>"You're the top" if we said Obama
>was the top.   (For heaven's sake, he's the President!   Can't we surmount
>politics?   Apparently not.)   The song writer gave me three possible verses
>to replace, and all had product names, another no no.
>
>Has anyone else run into this?   Yes, I have, by the way, since on occasion
>Slate & Style has had to change a word or two.   but nothing like this!
>Lori
>
>
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