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Rock Magazine - new ed 6-Feb-2012 At 6:32:51 PM Doug

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On 6/02/2012 rodw wrote:
>On 6/02/2012 Tastrad wrote:
>>No captions on all the photos in Bob McMahon's article - a total balls
>>up - Bob is not only fuming about that, but also the way the article
>was
>>edited - tenses changed, paragraphs changed positions, potentially politically
>>incorrect statements removed or changed, sections left out completely.
>>The editor should consult with the author prior to publication about
>proposed
>>changes to the article. If someone goes to the trouble of spending hours
>>composing an article they should be given the courtesy of seeing the
>edited
>>version and giving the ok for it to be printed.
>
>From what Ive heard thats been the standard for rock editing for years....

From what Bob told me yesterday, this is much worse than he's experienced before.
As Gerry said above, the removal of potentially politically incorrect statements - e.g. even touching on issues like physical handicaps - is something entirely new. To not even run such significant changes by the author is not good editorship. It looks like the newbie is trying to put his own stamp on Rock but the way he is going about things he is likely to sink Rock without a trace.