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more about #bullshit more comments → onebadclam: Bah! Pikers! I still say this chick wins the outrage cup, hands down. more » Rozelle’s Bagman: #2 has a wonderful Laroucheian bouquet with notes of racism. more » OHymenMyHymen: I translate both of these as ZOMG THERE'S A BLACK MAN IN OFFICE more » Rhymenocerous: OK, who taught them the word "usurper"? Is that lawsuit referenced at the bottom ongoing? I seriously cannot comprehend that our president is forced ... more » Mediahohoho: Breitbart is a credit to all bloggers. You should quote him all the time. more » Cicada: I gotta go Breitbart, if only because beating up on the birthers is a little like beating up on that "slow" kid down the street. Plus the obvious atte... more » Claire Buoyant: Oh, good. Tea parties. A British ruler. Wonder where the wingnuts will get their next American Revolution reference from. more » BaconCat: "How can a person who is born a British subject be president of the United States?" Because he was born in America to an American citizen mother. Gues... more » AndPreciousLittleofThat: Fucking denigrating. I can't stand this kind of bar-lowering claptrap. This is the exact sort of thinking that fuels UFO conspiracy theorist garbage... more » MissNormaDesmond: These always seem to boil down to contests between the cynical and dishonest (e.g. Coulter, Breitbart) and the bone stupid (e.g. Perino, Birthers). more » flavorflav: I recently applied for a PR job -- in Norfolk, Va., which makes Cincinnati look like Rome -- that asked me to supply "a current walk-on-water packet.... more » MrInBetween: What a prize! And the first runner-up gets to remove the bolts from this guy's neck. more » sweetpickles: I can't wait until we all have to compete for the remaining jobs left at the U.S. Postal Service. On TeeVee! more » badasscat: Is there any kind of hell other than PR hell? more » marcsiry: This marks the day that "branding" was officially rebranded as "wanking." more » -
#polls
Outrage-Off: Breitbart vs. Birthers
Lib bigots are faking climate change and electing a British monkey to the presidency. Only outrageous crypto-conservative statements in the media can save us. Time for your daily outrage-off! Today: Andrew Breitbart vs. Birthers. Vote in the outrage poll below! More » -
#jobsinhell
Survivor: Local Cincinnati PR Firm
Are you willing to do absolutely anything and go through three weeks of "PR Hell" to land a basement-level gig at a PR firm in god damn Cincinnati? Sure, because you have no other choice, economically! PR: Classy, always. [Adfreak] -
#branding
Surf The Internet the Mostly Lower Case Way
Stop everything, The Internet: AOL is now Aol. Whether superimposed on a fish or a hand or just some swirly crap, this logo makes the bold statement: We can no longer afford capital letters. [Ad Age] -
#terror
Activist Judges Affirm Activist Attorney's Conviction
Attorney Lynne Stewart's crime seems to have been issuing a press release. For this, not only is her translator in jail, but the appeals court has upheld her conviction and requested a tougher sentence. More » -
#faketrends
Counterpoint: Midtown Sucks
Hello, the very latest made-up trend you must know about unless you are some sort of plebe is the simple fact that Midtown is back. According to everybody. More » -
#corporateamerica
Branding Appropriately Inspired
This is the greatest moment in corporate branding since the Pepsi logo was revealed to be the entire universe. [PostSecret] -
#bullshit
Wine criticism: Bullshit. Add it to the list.
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#stalin
Russian Government Seeks PR Firm to Make Stalin Seem Nice
He may have murdered 20 million people, but good PR can change anything! A state news agency is approaching big firms to "rewrite history." No word yet on whether the team behind Eliot Spitzer are considering it. More » -
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#brandcalledyou
Advertising Gives Up
You people always have something slick to say about our ads. You think you're so fucking smart? You figure out the ads, then. We'll just sit here while you work for free. Uh, we mean...Do the Dewmocracy™! More » -
#infinitesummer
Scandal: Bill Before Congress Is Long, Complicated
Did you hear the breaking news? Nancy Pelosi's socialist health care bill is almost as long as Infinite Jest! And that means it is bad. It is a bad bill, because good bills are short. More » -
#math
Numerology: Bullshit
This article today does us all a great service by reminding us to remind you that numerology—like the concept of juice-based "cleansing" systems—is bullshit. If you believe in it, stop now. It is so dumb. More » -
#edelman
Huge PR Firm Has Bunch of
Here is just the latest example of how a large PR agency can be a huge, huge, huge, hustle, staffed by hustlers, who will charge you too much money to do dumb, simple things, on the internet. Edelman! More »KidsDigital PR Strategists -
#voodooeconomics
"Learn To Love Insider Trading," by The Wall Street Journal
Does the recent collar of terrorist-supporting hedge fund chief Raj Rajaratnam suggest insider trading as back en vogue? The moving of markets with propriety information nobody else gets hasn't been cool since Wall Street...until now. Love it, says the WSJ.
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#race
Let's Skip the 'Blame Al Sharpton' Thing
In 2007, a "developmentally challenged" 20 year-old black woman said she'd been beaten and sexually abused in a racist attack in West Virginia. She's now recanting her story. This, of course, is all Al Sharpton's fault.
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#bullshit
Branding Belies Bravery
Procter & Gamble is bravely helping women in Singapore overcome the cultural taboo associated with menstruation. Its marketing campaign empowers women to understand that periods are nothing to be ashamed of. That's why they named their product "Whisper." [WSJ] -
#thecutespiracy
Click This Post One Million Times to Save a Baby Seal!
Sometimes you just want to grab The American Consumer about the shoulders, and shake him, and yell: "Hey, stop being such a sucker!" Because...OMG a fuzzy wuzzy baby seal! I must buy so much Dawn® brand product, or he dies. More » -
#faketrends
Three Disparate Events Prove: Civility Is Dead
A politician shouted during Obama's speech. A tennis player yelled at a line judge. A rapper grabbed a mic during an awards show. All in the same week. You know what this means: A fake trend is sweeping America. More » -
#cowards
Wall Street Journal Unbelievably Keeping Mark Penn as Columnist
Yesterday we reported that Microtrend-spouting flack Mark Penn's PR firm was using his Wall Street Journal column to drum up PR business. Penn is ethically compromised. But today, the WSJ tells us they're keeping Penn on as a columnist. Cowards.
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#thingstodoinbed
Missed PR Opportunities, Vol. 2
Westin Hotels had a media event in Times Square today celebrating their new survey showing that 51% of US travelers "prefer a great night's sleep to great sex." Shit. Two percent difference and there woulda been fuckin' in Times Square. -
#cowards
Yale Press Sides With Religious Fanatics Over Own Author
Yale University Press is publishing a book about the Danish Muhammad cartoon controversy of 2005. But Yale will not publish any images of the cartoons, or Muhammad, because Yale University Press is run by freedom-disregarding accommodationist pussies. More »
