Copy editors are the quality control experts.

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It's worth noting that Barnes, his predecessor Eugene Patterson and his successor Paul Tash have all been career journalists and former Times editors committed to maintaining the quality, independence and local ownership of the newspaper.

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Honestly, Apple just sits back and counts the money, without having to worry overmuch about being editors, censors, or arbiters of quality.

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Each system is hand crafted for precision performance and uncompromised quality, and has won multiple Editors' Choice awards from publications such as Hot Hardware, PC World, Maximum PC, Computer Shopper and more.

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But ZVOX standards for sound quality -- which have earned them numerous Editors Choice Awards -- have not been compromised.

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