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Things editors say that fill reporters with dread
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1. “This is a fabulous subject.”
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1. “This is a fabulous subject.”
2. “I see what you were trying to do.”
3. “I played with the lede.”
4. “It’s not quite there yet.”
5. “[Name of other editor] read it, and she agrees with me.”
6. “Yours got bumped for another one that’s ready, so we have time now. Think about it over the weekend.”
7. “We had to cut it 450w, but I tried to keep as much of what you had as I could.”
8. “I know it’s late there, so I& #39;m sorry to do this.”
9. “London held it at the last minute. I’ll try to find out what happened.”
10. “The Editor wanted to know why we haven’t done more on X.”
11. “It did come up in conference, but I defended you.”
12. “That is an interesting topic, but I feel like I’ve read it.”
13. “I know everyone else is doing it, but we need the FT take.”
14. “We did get beat, but is there a way back into the story?”
15. “We’ll have to do a print correction, I’m afraid. Can you send us something?”
