Tom Murphy slaps down Russell Beattie for overstating his complaints about public relations people, and calling them "morons".
Apparently, people who Beattie suspects are public relations reps have (gasp) sent him e-mails about things, suggesting he might be interested in writing about them. These fiends (gasp) weren't able to read Beatie's mind and know precisely what he might be interested in.
I wouldn't change a word of Murphy's posting. Beattie's legitimate complaint about wanting some forethought displayed by someone contacting him is overshadowed by his bombastic approach.
Beattie then roasts PR blogger Steve Rubel for (gasp) sending him a short e-mail about a product.
Jonathan Carson also takes a well-deserved poke at Beattie's hyperbole.
Jeremy Pepper notes that Beattie's job seems to involve PR: pot calling kettle black?
Update:
I forgot to mention the "mobile-boy reference in the headline. Beattie says, "I currently work at Yahoo! focusing on new mobile products."
Also, the bloggers responding to Beattie's post are too many to list here.
Okay, I think he was more pissed that he asked Steve for Java information, and then never heard from him again. That's just bad.
Posted by: Jeremy Pepper | July 11, 2005 at 08:59 PM
Yep. That's bad. But in this age of spam filters and 300 e-mail a day Inboxes, it's not unheard of for someone to miss an e-mail.
I'd love to see some of the more vocal blogger complainers actually stop receiving e-mails from anyone who acts in a public relations capacity for their company, and see how long before they start complaining that the Scobles of this world are ignoring them. Anyone who is an evangelist is a PR person, in some small way, so they're part of a larger conversation. If they don't want to accept any e-mails from ANYONE who is pushing an agenda, it's going to be a long, quiet summer.
Posted by: Eric Eggertson | July 11, 2005 at 09:09 PM
It'd be like an Arizona summer. BTW, it was a disgusting 42C today.
Posted by: Jeremy Pepper | July 11, 2005 at 09:26 PM