Copy editors are being axed?

Looks like more dismal signs of the times when it comes to newspapers. Read the following developments in these articles and post what you think. Your responses are due by Monday, 4 June.:

Newspapers increasingly eliminating copy editors, shifting copy editing duties to reporters

Denver Post to lay off two-thirds of its copy editors?

Welcome, JOUR 379! Here's your first response assignment. Please read the following articles and post your responses to both of them here. This is due by class Friday, June 1.

"The Danger of Always Being On" – New York Times blog

"Eight Reasons Plagiarism Sucks" – Slate