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RE: Good Form?

>Editors are supposed to be a buffer between writer and reader. That system
>broke down and the editor failed.

A buffer, yes, but not a censor. This confusion between these roles has
been expressed before on the Asylum. If what is expressed in Stereophile
or on its website is felt by some to be offensive, then I regret that but
I don't feel not giving offense to be a relevant goal for a publication.
Did Robert Baird's essay make a relevant point about the Eagles? Yes.
Was it inappropriate for it to have been published at this time? When
_would_ be the appropriate time? Next week? Next year? And if the
answer from the more passionate Eagles fans is "never," then we are
back to the fact that I don't regard avoiding giving offense as a
relevant goal for a publication.

A couple of points: Robert Baird's opinion piece was triggered by Glenn
Frey's death but was not _about_ Glenn Frey. Also, there was no implication
that the song "Fly Like an Eagle" was recorded by the Eagles. Robert had
referenced the Steve Miller Band as another example of a band, like the
Eagles, whose recordings had been over-played on the radio. I see that
you had acknowledged that in another posting, but this response is
addressed to all the inmates.

And to address the poster who declared that I would not publish a piece
on the death of a member of an English band like the Moody Blues, where
did _that_ come from? I routinely publish opinions that differ from my
own - again, I don't censor my writers' opinions, not on music and not
on the audio products they review.

John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile

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