Why the World Needs Editors

Let's start with the picture below, of the local Petco--complete with fish washing services.

Now let's look at a page from IntelligentX, where Sony found “discounts” in cameras sold back in 2003-2005.

Another pertinent example is the following headline from MSNBC--can you tell what the hell it means from a cursory read?

Gene swap makes boy flies fight like girls

Isn't that the purpose of headlines?  To be able to tell the meaning of an article by reading a simple synopsis?

This post goes out to my favorite editors that make everyone's life a little easier...