NYT memo highlights eternal struggle between editors and writers

Every writer, whether a journalist or corporate communicator, knows the
familiar dread we feel when a heavy-handed editor begins monkeying around
with our copy. [Russell—that’s two clichés in one sentence.—ed.]
We can’t shake the secret conviction that our approach is best, no matter
how many times editors save our bacon [now a third. And why bacon, come to think of it? Why not jelly beans or
kumquats?—ed.].
That sentiment is captured [passive—ed.] in