When PRs call, ‘do not answer’
Dr Mumbo loves a good screenshot – although come the information apocalypse he may regret that sentiment.
So you can imagine how thrilled he was to be treated to a screengrab of Junkee managing editor Rob Stott’s phone, complete with how he saves the numbers of needy public relations professionals.
Honesty is the best policy
I’ve heard that they do that at the Wall Street Journal, too
Ugh. Could we at least agree to qualify this with not answering the phone to ANNOYING PR consultants (by the way, no one is ‘a PR’ – PR is not a noun FFS!) because the good ones know how and when to contact a journalist. Maybe the industry is rife with nongs who pitch incessantly for no good reason and bug journalists – but I have yet to meet one. I am sure there are a few around, but lumping the rest of us in with this annoying hacks vs flack narrative is more divisive than reality warrants.