October 1965 Issue [Article] In defense of editing Download PDF Adjust Share by Norman Podhoretz, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Authors and publishers Editing Journalism Magazine design Periodical editors Periodicals, Publishing of Psychology United States More from Norman Podhoretz Terrorism and the media A discussion An Exchange on Orwell If Orwell were alive today He would be eighty-two years old. What would his politics be? Adjust Share