By William Van Winkle Being lied to or misled really puts my undies in a bunch. As a journalist, I have to endure talking with a lot of press relations people, and, to be fair, about 20 percent of these are decent folk just trying to be helpful. The rest, however, really piss me off. The phrase looks terrible in print and does nothing to get the public excited, but whatever.
Some companies are actually anti-helpful.
And of course your options are open, ya frickin' idiot. It's a free country. Most press reps don't understand that my job is to help showcase and promote their company and products. If reps give me garbage, there's a very good chance I'll pass that garbage on to you, and you're supposed to trust the information I provide. If a PR rep tells me their new gadget is going to change the world, and I tell this to you, you're going to be pretty disappointed when you buy it and discover it sucks.