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Should Vanity Fair Be a Spelling Vigilante?

vanityfair:

Just as New York Times public editor Arthur S. Brisbane is concerned whether his newspaper should print lies or the truth, we here at V.F. looking for reader input on whether and when Vanity Fair should spell “words” correctly in the stories we publish.

One example: the word “maintenance” seems like it should only have one “a” in it. It should be “maintenence,” right? But it’s not. So is it our job as reporters and editors to spell it correctly?

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    “words” hahah

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    We were wondering that too. How necessary...truth anyway? Have

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    julioclock:vanityfair:

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    I hadn’t even read the New York Times piece in question. Do so! The link is right there. And then read the Vanity Fair...

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    Times’ idiocy I’ve seen.

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    Ummm…Did anyone actually read the New York Times article? Because if you did, you would notice that Arthur S. Brisbane...

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