Bingo. Used to be if you were going to give a writer a dozen pages, several very experienced people went through the piece with a fine-toothed comb. The writer

Bingo. Used to be if you were going to give a writer a dozen pages, several very experienced people went through the piece with a fine-toothed comb. The writer was contracted because he was top of the pack. Used to be if you picked up an article in a mag like Playboy, you knew you were in for a ride. Now long-form journalism just means "long". The editorial staff is dead and the gatekeeping process has been destroyed. Now the only thing you know starting in on a long article is that it's going to take a while before you get to the end.