Merrill Perlman : A copy editor would have fixed the `` Amercia '' typo in Romney 's app . Comment: Newsrooms mistakenly fire copy editors to save money , and quality sinks . She says readers complain of typos , grammatical errors and ridicule the media . Perlman says news is taken more seriously when it 's polished by copy editors .
Merrill Perlman : A copy editor would have fixed the `` Amercia '' typo in Romney 's app . Perlman : Newsrooms mistakenly fire copy editors to save money , and quality sinks . She says readers complain of typos , grammatical errors and ridicule the media . Perlman says news is taken more seriously when it 's polished by copy editors .