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more about #publicrelations more comments → 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 » raincoaster: Brilliant title, brilliant ruling. more » BettyCrocker: LOLsuit = sheer giggly genius. Defamashuns - ur doin it rong. more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: "[A] statement that Mr. Torrosian was 'a douche' or 'douche bag' . . . is not capable of being proven false." The Honorable Judith J. Gische has spok... more » Muggs Bigglesworth: Double plus ungood. #publicrelations more » Han Valen: Russia is a seriously fucked up place. Last year my company sent me over about once a month for almost a year to help bring a new affiliate office up ... more » BunnySkull: Hell. They don't need a PR firm they already have Putin doing the job for them. #publicrelations more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Why are they doing this? #publicrelations more » raincoaster: Did you not know the Age of Reticence is over? #pressreleases more » MrPipeline: I have this. Basically, from the outside, you look like everyone else, but inside it's a bit different. Entry point is one opening, then further in, ... more » depardoo: That would explain why I have no discernible penis. Our God is a malevolent deity. #pressreleases more » barmishmar: What about the prostitute that had an extra vagina implanted on her hip? I heard she wanted to make a little money on the side... #pressreleases 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] -
#lolsuits
The Reign of the Douche
A year ago, interrupty superflack Ronn [sic] Torossian filed America's Greatest Lawsuit when he sued rival flack Drew Kerr for $20 million(!) for setting up a website—RonnTorosianPR.com—with a picture of a douche ad on it. Douche sayswhat? More » -
#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 » -
#pressreleaseoftheday
'Tune In to Find Out What Sex Is Like for Lauren and What 2 Vaginas Looks Like!'
PR is a discipline that demands the delicate touch of a surgeon and the sober judgment of a sober judge. You can't just wildly issue press releases like, "Hey, We Got a Lady With Two Vaginas Here!" Or can you? More » -
#pressreleases
Attention, White Party-Goers
Press Release of the Day: Epic Hotel in Miami has some epic deals. Ah ah ah; White Party-Goers only! 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 -
#ivyleague
Harvard Has a Little Poison Coffee Problem
Somebody tried to kill a bunch of lab workers at Harvard Medical School two months ago, with deadly poison. This is just coming out now, because Harvard does not want you to know about its deadly coffee machines. More » -
#fuckincops
'You Taser Her, It's All Over the News!'
Yesterday was the National Day of Action Against Police Brutality! One lady's "Action" was "to kick." She got some Police Brutality. More » -
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#stalkers
Ali Wise, Attacked and Defended
Check out this picture of disgraced Dolce & Gabbana flack-turned alleged felon voicemail hacker Ali Wise being like, "OMG...Muscle Milk Light?!" What? Oh, today's news: Ali Wise was mean, say snitches. Others say: Nuh uh! More » -
#publicrelations
Ali Wise Confident These Crazy Stalking Charges Won't Hurt Her Career
Pretty blond fashion PR women can get away with anything—except being charged with surreptitiously hacking the voicemails of multiple romantic rivals in a fit of jealous insanity. That's not a good "PR Play," it turns out. Sorry, Ali Wise.
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#flackery
'Ronn. Ronn. Ronn!'
Incompetent superflack Ronn [sic] Torossian: Just when you're trying to ignore him, his outbursts interrupt an ABC newsman trying to interview fraudulent faith healer Benny Hinn. Twice. Ronn is such an asshole he embarrasses Benny Hinn. Watch and be amazed. -
#stalkers
Ali Wise Charged with Being Craziest Ex Ever
Ali Wise, the former Dolce & Gabanna publicist who got in a bit of trouble for hacking into the voicemail of anyone dating her ex-boyfriends, has been charged with four felonies. The true extent of her craziness is absolutely crazy.
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#thefriendlyskies
Sleepless Benadryl-Crazed PR Man Just Wanted Some Wine, Officer
Washington, DC PR man David Bass has a perfectly good explanation for why he was charged with a felony for disrupting a flight: He was all hopped up on Benadryl! He was awake traveling for fivethree days! He wanted wine! More » -
#mediacrack
Flacks Love This Businessweek Deal
In your overstuffed Wednesday media column: a PR man cheers Bloomberg's latest purchase, Calvin Trillin says crotchety things, the New Yorker hires(!) somebody, Brides loses advertisers, and the Washington Post poaches from HuffPo, for a change. More » -
#microtrends
Mark Penn Eats His Own Mom
PR-man-masquerading-as-newspaper-columnist Mark Penn invented the term "Soccer Mom," which, of course, is the queen of all Microtrends. But now he's declaring the whole Soccer Mom thing dunzo! What catchphrase will you hang your hat on now, Señor Penn? More » -
#recessionomics
We Must Not Allow Our Businesspersons to Taste Hippie Freedom
The Way We Live Now: Beneath our proper stations. Respectable PR men and attorneys are now voluntarily doing so-called "other" jobs, like common hippie layabouts. The actual hippie layabouts are complaining because they lost their second jobs, to attorneys. More » -
#flackery
Ronn [sic] Torossian, Honest Man
Ronn [sic] Torossian, PR man of unparalleled moral authority and paragon of ethical communications, has had enough of the lying. Btw, guess how many members of Ronn's listed "management" team are actually long gone from his firm? More than one. -
#advertising
Kiehl's Encourages Your Profane Feedback
Goody, Kiehl's has put up one of those "Make Your Own" cartoon websites, which is always a bad idea, PR-wise. Weird that this was the default text though, right? [via Adfreak] -
#flackery
Mark Penn's Column Now 100% About Mark Penn's Business
Trendy flack Mark Penn promised the WSJ that his evil PR firm would stop using his newspaper column as a tool to troll for PR clients. Instead, he's just writing columns off of surveys by his own polling firm! More » -
#freedom
Smoker Oppression Reaches Tipping Point
They banned smoking in bars, and people said nothing, because they did not smoke in bars, except sometimes if they were really drunk. But now NYC wants to ban smoking in parks, and lo! Smokers finally get some public sympathy. More »
