It isn’t only the Washington Post. I just read a Politico article so error-filled, I had to look at my calendar to ensure it wasn’t April Fools’ Day. Alas it’s December 21.

That caused me to Google “copy editing, dead”, from which I stumbled upon this blog. 

These days it’s bad. Very bad. Not your blog, but copy editing. I can hardly read a Post or NYT article without finding at least one rather obvious error. Even The Atlantic, which in my opinion hosts today’s best writers, isn’t entirely immune. And yes, it causes me to question the overall quality of both writing and reporting. In today’s harsh media environment where credibility is always being questioned, this is a self-inflicted wound.