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Which Is The Worst PR Pitch Of The Week?

We get all types of PR pitches around here, and, as you might imagine, many of them suck. So we're going to list the three worst ones we've gotten so far this week, and ask for your considered judgment on which is the worst of all. The winner may be specially ridiculed in a future post! Our three entrants: The aforementioned New York Dance Parade pitch, urging us to publish a story on "socialdancing" lest we lose our job; a pitch for Time Out New York's sex issue, which opened with "Feeling hot and bothered? So are we, and we've got the boners to prove it," and touted its "interactive pole, I mean poll"; or a pitch from the Brooklyn Paper promising "Breaking News," reading "Here we go, folks — a hot one (with video!). Enjoy." Which was, disappointingly, for this inane video of two dudes sitting in an office discussing marginal news. Don't overpromise! Cast your vote below:

1:34 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
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depardoo at 01:46 PM on 05/07/08
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Balk is surely behind item #2.
nottobeconfusedwith at 01:48 PM on 05/07/08
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I just want to punish TONY any way I can for inflicting She-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named on us.
MattGaymon at 01:54 PM on 05/07/08
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Connectedness Index: 213

Not tonight TONY, I've got a headache.
DavidWatts at 02:25 PM on 05/07/08
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Well, since you covered ALL THREE of the things being pitched, I would say that they were all completely successful.
Hamilton Nolan at 02:41 PM on 05/07/08
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Connectedness Index: 117

@DavidWatts: That would be Ronn Torossian's analysis, also.
allyzay at 03:48 PM on 05/07/08
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BONERS? really? are any of you guys hiring?
allyzay at 03:56 PM on 05/07/08
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oh, and to be a good flack, it's not the sex issue. it's the horny issue. there is actually a difference. so look forward to the sex issue e-mail! BONERS!