If you are one of those PR people who occasionally confuses the concept of having a relationship with a reporter with knowing the reporter’s email address, trouble could be on the horizon if Dallas Morning News aviation reporter Terry Maxon is any indicator. Maxon describes the aggressive steps he has taken to deep six email pitches before they make it to his inbox.
Denver Public Relations Blog 
There’s a lot of this going around. Last November Wired’s editor actually listed the PR and marketing people he said were blacklisted for bothering him. The heated response from the profession was fascinating…
Publicists get uppity after Wired editor uses nuclear option to deter weapons of mass flackery.
Steve