Dear PR People: Think before you press 'Send'

John Biggs

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Friday, July 31st, 2009

epson001

Ahh, summer. A time in which unpaid interns from all over the more expensive schools flock to New York to work as flacks. Today we received this missive from one Angela, a young lady whose lack of understanding in regards to the proper format for a press release is matched only by her lack of understanding of her subject. I took the liberty of marking up your latest email, Angela, in hopes that you will be more careful in the future. If you are not, in fact, an intern, well… [Incidentally, she's not an intern.]

Click the image to read it in all its glory.

Also, this:

Angela would like to recall the message, “Bloomberg News Exclusive: Smart-Phone Attack”.

Doesn’t work.

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