Oops. PR Exec Calls Blogger a 'F*cking Bitch' in an Email

A BrandLink rep leaps over the line

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This week's social-media PR disaster comes courtesy of BrandLink Communications, where a vice president referred to a high-profile blogger as a "fucking bitch" in an email that was accidentally sent to the blogger. The blogger in question is Jenny Lawson, best known as "The Bloggess" and named by Nielsen as one of "Top 50 Most Powerful Mom Bloggers." She recently received a poorly worded pitch from the agency about the Kardashians, and she sent back her usual reply—a picture of Internet man-meme Wil Wheaton collating paper.

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