The folks over at The Bad Pitch Blog issued a call for the top things PR people should never say to reporters. People got creative in the comments and on Facebook, and Kevin and Richard posted a PDF with their top 10 picks. Yours truly even made the list with my suggestions (and got a little AdAge fame):

  • Sorry, we’re only briefing top tier media on this news.
  • We’ll give you a local exclusive on this. The WSJ is doing a piece, but we don’t view you as competitive.
  • Since you didn’t cover us after our last meeting, you really owe us a story.
  • I saw an interesting piece on CNET and thought you’d be interested in doing a similar story.
  • No executive is available to talk about this. But it’s big news, trust me.

Check it out and make sure you add the blog to your RSS feed (seriously, it’s one of my favorite blogs — some of the pitches they post are like watching a face lift on TLC. I cringe, but I’m horrified and entertained at the same time).

And make sure you let us know if you have more suggestions to add … maybe it’ll turn into a top 50 list soon!