In its most benign form, The Edit - jump cutting, trimmed sound bites, selective quotes - simply shortens things without changing the meaning.

Only when he developed the film did he see that a carriage that had been in his lens suddenly turned into a hearse.  ...

A search is underway for a U.K. Royal Fleet Auxiliary crew member who went overboard off the northwest coast of Ireland. Officials say the Irish Coast Guard received a distress ...