No copy editors worth their paychecks would ever badmouth their colleagues in the way Dalbot does — indeed, I’d imagine that would be a firing offense, never mind the ill will it would create among co-workers.

As for the continued attacks on Mary, I reiterate my editor Will Harper’s remarks above. She *didn’t* resign; she had already given notice to go to another job. There’s no “real story,” no “clear breach of journalistic ethics,” and no “sorry episode.” The anonymous remarks above and on other blogs are personal attacks, pure and simple, and I hope my interjection here might help keep the story straight.

Thank you.