Note: I use the first person in this comment but I'm not related to any of this tomfoolery. The tone of this article is incredible. The quoted "stock answer" f

Note: I use the first person in this comment but I'm not related to any of this tomfoolery. The tone of this article is incredible. The quoted "stock answer" for how bloggers want to be approached is there for a reason -- people don't want to get bombarded with semi-spam about stuff they don't care about -- particularly if the sender is expecting the recipient to be a patsy to spam their readership with buzz about something they don't care about. Newsflash: The internet is big. You, blogger, are not the center of it. I'm close enough to the center of it you wanted _your_ billboard on _my_ property. You might be a big shot in your circle; hell, you might even deserve to be a big shot as Pulver does but you’re not the only game in town. Uhh, cool. I was doing great before you sent me the email? I'm doing better now that my readers see that I don't suck up every piece of PR BS that is spoon fed to me? PR is a business. Do you think every firm out there has the time and resources to go around building relationships with every blogger they might want to pitch down the road? That sounds like your problem, not mine. You don't have to buy me a plane ticket to invite me over to play XBox 360 with your kids one night a week. These "relationships" are pretty informal and inexpensive to maintain, and you'll learn a lot about the people you're asking to do your bidding by talking to them first. You might find out they're a prick and you don't want to send your stuff to them at all because it will end up like this. And throwing the word “embargo” into an email pitch, while clearly ineffective with regards to Mr. Pulver, is an attempt to generate some excitement. Cool. You should see some of the words that people put in emails to get me excited about replica watches or prescription drugs. They're a _lot_ more interesting than words like these that can be said on national TV. Sorry your job is getting harder but don't come looking to us to fix it for you. The whole reason people look to bloggers for reliable information is because the individual blogger puts their reputation on the line with every post or comment. Pulver just upped his reputation by proving that he receives crap like this and he's not swayed by it. I feel bad for the medium and big name people because of the amount of this garbage they must get on a daily basis, and I can't say I wouldn't do the exact same thing (or worse) in the same circumstances.