And then when I do try to tell them to take their toys someplace else, I have received some really rude replies–so you not only have pitched the wrong journalist, you’ve now just won a place on my spam list! aargh.

The very worst ones are the ones who you can never, ever get unsubscribed from–this one extreme right-wing so far they’re almost back to the left of the political spectrum publicist’s list for one. I tried unsubscribing from his list several times, only to end right back on it! It wouldn’t be so bad if only he could spell or get his newspapers straight, it’s actually kind of amusing reading about his various clients!

I think that the Southern Law Poverty Center and I are the only folks who aren’t of their narrow political bent who are actually on the list, but I seem to have ended up there because they just love sending me book pitches for books about anti-tribal sovereignty and anti-affirmative action stances. One of them was even a kid’s book about how some people play the “race card” to get ahead in school! Can you imagine the cojones it takes to send something like that out to a Native American journalist who had to work twice as hard to be taken half as seriously? Anyway PR people, take this as a lesson: take the time to study your media targets before hitting send. Lest you, too, become an object of scorn on Valley PR Blog.