[stylist] censorship

[LoriStay at aol.com]

It does have my name on it.   That's the problem.   But they did all this 
last year without telling me until it was printed up.   I had no control over 
it.   I've asked for guidelines and told them i would be willing to fix it 
if something was wrong, but I don't know if I'll bother to do this next year 
if they don't come at least halfway!
Lori

In a message dated 5/6/09 8:48:08 PM, n6yr at sunflower.com writes:


> 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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