What do Editors Really Do?

Author Dean Wesley Smith  has a very informative post about editors, "Editors are Evil Myth."  I'd like to pull one section out of his full post about what an editor really does.  You can read Dean's full post here.  He talks about how the myth that editors are evil lives on.  If you haven't read any of his posts, you really should start reading them today.  He has a wealth of knowledge and first