[eyeundersand]

Spot on. That the publication didn't find it worthwhile to accurately proofread the FIRST sentence of the article signals (to me) they are not worried about the reader's time and prevents me from taking their article seriously.

[WhompingWindows]

Copy-editing is just another wasteful business expense to be cut for increased profits. Journalism is profit-centric and copy-editors have been cut from the NYTimes, too.