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The Death of the Editor

The Death of the Editor

“You seem to have a problem with youtubers and bloggers. Why is that?” was a question/accusation aimed at yours truly recently. To set the table, I do not have a blanket dislike for the use of YouTube or the ubiquitous Weblog for the distribution of information. The Internet is a marvelous tool that we can use to disseminate a wealth of knowledge and educational material to our peers. My problem is that people with absolutely zero credentials have taken it upon themselves to dispense advice based upon nothing more than their own verve or passion for an object or grouping of objects. Having been in the professional writing game for better than two decades now, I have had a cautious mistrust…