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Right. Your point? [New York Post]
02/09/2025

Right. Your point? [New York Post]

Remember when reporters packed swim fins and a tape measure, because the city editor would have thrown them into the riv...
02/09/2025

Remember when reporters packed swim fins and a tape measure, because the city editor would have thrown them into the river anyway for reporting a boat’s size as “large”? Good times, good times. [WTAE, Pittsburgh]

Stuff it, Aquaman. [NBC News] Hat tip: Rick Arthur
02/09/2025

Stuff it, Aquaman. [NBC News] Hat tip: Rick Arthur

Thumb lede. Bonus: “You wanna read my report and save yourself a lot of effort?” “Sure.” [Washington Post]
02/09/2025

Thumb lede. Bonus: “You wanna read my report and save yourself a lot of effort?” “Sure.” [Washington Post]

EVERY day. [Washington Post]
01/09/2025

EVERY day. [Washington Post]

Reasoning: People no longer want to read newspapers. Peril: Oops, turns out they do. [Poynter via E&P]
01/09/2025

Reasoning: People no longer want to read newspapers. Peril: Oops, turns out they do. [Poynter via E&P]

“Ha ha,” said the fish. [Chicago Sun-Times]
01/09/2025

“Ha ha,” said the fish. [Chicago Sun-Times]

Peoria? Joliet? Cairo? [Daily Mail]
31/08/2025

Peoria? Joliet? Cairo? [Daily Mail]

If football changes the forward-pass rule to the one-bounce rule, yeah. (And if you must inflict a question-mark headlin...
31/08/2025

If football changes the forward-pass rule to the one-bounce rule, yeah. (And if you must inflict a question-mark headline upon the reader, include a question mark.) [Los Angeles Times] Hat tip: Rick Arthur

You shall hear, sirrah, from our intellectual-property attorney, if we can ever afford one, about this shocking infringe...
30/08/2025

You shall hear, sirrah, from our intellectual-property attorney, if we can ever afford one, about this shocking infringement upon our trademark, if we ever get around to registering it. [The New York Times]

More ambiguity, unless you think the downstyle “on” in the upstyle headline saves it. [The Wall Street Journal]
30/08/2025

More ambiguity, unless you think the downstyle “on” in the upstyle headline saves it. [The Wall Street Journal]

“After” abuse, and avoid bears that are out jogging. [USA Today]
30/08/2025

“After” abuse, and avoid bears that are out jogging. [USA Today]

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Critiquing the craft for 27 years

Founded by Phillip Blanchard (1953-2019) in Chicago in 1992, Testy Copy Editors was and is the leading online meeting place for news copy editors and their fans. Headquarters moved to Washington in 2000, and then to Albuquerque, N.M., in 2015.