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Years ago, copy editors worked at large U-shaped tables. The chief editor's desk, in the opening of the "U," was "the slot." Copy went from rim editors to a slot editor for a final read. Rimmers proudly called themselves rimrats.

Saturday, March 24, 2007

More on the Edwards glitch relying on a single-source post in a blog

CJR Daily deconstructs it.
Posted by ljt at 3:15 PM

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