PMTPMT DB

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Take Slip·Mar 23, 2020·PR 101
#PMT-2020-0323-2606
Big CatBig Cat

Jamal Murray should claim he has coronavirus to make people forget his accidental sex tape

PR 101 for him. I don't know what you do. You just actually say you have coronavirus. There you go think that really is the only way out. If you say you have coronavirus people will just feel bad for you and then kind of forget that that happened.

Hot TakeMediaScorchingSarcastic
Murray did not take this advice; he stuck with the 'I was hacked' excuse.
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Take Slip·Jan 10, 2020·PR 101
#PMT-2020-0110-7345
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving to Canada as part of a British monarchy plan to retake dominance over the country

I think that this is the British monarchy trying to retake over Canada... Canada is like four Greenlands put together... This is the United Kingdom trying to retake over and establish dominance over Canada.

There is no evidence that the couple's relocation was a geopolitical strategy for the British monarchy to exert power over Canada.
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Take Slip·May 20, 2019·PR 101
#PMT-2019-0520-19221
Big CatBig Cat

I could beat Kevin Durant one-on-one right now because of his injury

Right now, I could probably beat him [Kevin Durant] one-on-one. I could absolutely beat Kevin Durant one-on-one right now.

Durant was severely limited by a calf strain and later a ruptured Achilles; however, Big Cat likely still could not beat him.
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Take Slip·Dec 18, 2017·PR 101
#PMT-2017-1218-17338
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jerry Richardson's heart transplant turned him evil

He actually has a built-in spin zone for himself because he got a heart transplant like five years ago. So it's the other guy's heart. It's not him. It turned him evil.

This is a satirical joke based on a medical impossibility and cannot be true.
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Take Slip·Oct 2, 2017·PR 101
#PMT-2017-1002-6649
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

OJ Simpson could redeem his public image by murdering Bill Cosby

If OJ wants to, if he really wants to be a success in America again, go kill Bill Cosby. So if OJ just straight up murdered Bill Cosby, I think you'd see a lot of people forgive him. Forgive and forget.

OJ Simpson did not murder Bill Cosby.
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Take Slip·Apr 19, 2017·PR 101
#PMT-2017-0419-19138
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The US has never bombed a country that could play basketball

We've never bombed a country that could play basketball. It's true. It's the NBA war theory.

The US bombed Yugoslavia (a basketball powerhouse) in the 1990s, and Iraq has a national basketball team, though PFT's theory is meant for comedy.
Void
Take Slip·Apr 12, 2017·PR 101
#PMT-2017-0412-5061
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

United Airlines should fix its PR by making people horny with porn links

If you make us horny, guess what? We're not angry anymore... Just tweet out porn. Be like, hey, it's now being reported that this guy was a porn freak or something. Be like, hey, you know who else was a porn freak? United. And then just start giving us free links.

This is a satirical suggestion for a PR strategy.
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Take Slip·Oct 14, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-1014-6735
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ken Bone should immediately cash in and do a 'Prego porn' video

Ken is definitely going to get some propositions from a porn company to be like, hey... do you want to do some Prego porn? And you got to do it. Cash in. Just got to cash in.

Ken Bone did not do porn; he largely faded into obscurity after his 15 minutes of fame.
Void
Take Slip·Oct 5, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-1005-4874
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

ESPN First Take's ratings are down because Stephen A. Smith failed to kidnap Kevin Durant

So they need some help because First Take, when they lost Skip Bayless, both sides lost. Ratings are down because people realize that Stephen A. Smith wasn't going to back up that talk. They're like, oh, this guy's not going to kidnap anyone.

Satirical explanation for media ratings.
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Take Slip·Jul 18, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0718-17273
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Johnny Manziel should drink more beer to fix his image and show he's a leader

My PR 101 to Johnny is, like, toughen up your image a little bit. Be a little bit of a bad boy. Have a couple beers. No big deal. Just kind of, like, let people know you're a regular dude.

Given Manziel's history with substance abuse, advising him to drink was objectively bad PR advice, even as a joke.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 13, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0713-14873
Big CatBig Cat

Miko Grimes' antisemitic comments can be 'solved' by starting a foundation Twitter account to blame interns

Just start a Twitter account in the foundation's name, the Miko Grimes Foundation account. Then you can say an intern was tweeting and dropping hard J's on everyone's face... when shit hits the fan... boom, intern tweeted it we fired him it's been taken care of.

This is a satirical suggestion on how to evade accountability.
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Take Slip·Jun 24, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0624-18458
Big CatBig Cat

Johnny Manziel should retire from football and play baseball to pull a 'Michael Jordan'

Retire from football, play baseball, come back to football, win three Super Bowls, call it the Michael Jordan.

Manziel never played professional baseball and never returned to win a Super Bowl.
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Take Slip·Jun 10, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0610-18924
Big CatBig Cat

Cam Newton's next celebration should involve converting to Islam and refusing to stand for the anthem

Cam X, Cameron X, converted to Islam, doesn't stand for the national anthem. His touchdown dances to pray, and then he hands the ball to a black kid. I mean, there we go.

Cam Newton did not do this. This was a joke about how to maximize 'pissing off' old white fans.
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Take Slip·Jun 8, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0608-18937
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

NFL owners might have murdered Roger Goodell and faked a hack to test public reaction

I think it's more probable than not that this was an idea that was floated by the owners just to see – just to kind of like gauge the reaction and see what public sentiment would look like if Roger Goodell were to die. ... Expect Roger Goodell to maybe actually be murdered by – I don't know. Let's call it the Rooneys and the Maras over the course of the next couple of months.

Roger Goodell remained alive and the commissioner for many years after 2016.
Push
Take Slip·Jun 6, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0606-1065
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aqib Talib can extend his career by seven years by capitalizing on his shooting incident

Tlaib may have just extended his career by like seven years. Because now he can get that really sappy E30 with Jeremy Schaap... A second chance is worth like two more contracts. So smart move on Tlaib's part, getting shot, because now he gets like an opportunity to prove himself again.

Talib played through 2019, so he got about 4 more years, though not primarily due to this incident.
Void
Take Slip·May 25, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0525-1891
Big CatBig Cat

Matt Harvey needs to start partying and doing cocaine to find his form

I also think he needs to party again. He used to be a party boy... I would say either get the Mets to basically make it a rule that no one can say anything bad about you or start doing a bunch of cocaine.

Satirical advice.
Void
Take Slip·May 18, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0518-15378
Big CatBig Cat

You can get away with almost any crime by claiming you have CTE

If you ever played even a down a football or any kind of contact sport, you can get away with almost any crime just saying you have CTE at this point.

This is a hyperbolic social commentary rather than a testable fact claim.
Void
Take Slip·May 16, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0516-4435
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Steph Curry should get a divorce to become likable again because Americans love a broken person

My advice would be get a divorce. Nobody likes the married guy that's having sex with his hot wife all the time. If you're really good at your job, you get a divorce, you get a lot of sympathy from everybody... get everyone on your side immediately.

This is a satirical PR strategy and not a verifiable claim.
Void
Take Slip·May 13, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0513-9895
Big CatBig Cat

Retired players should fake-tweet they are returning to the league just to get back into the news cycle

I think more players should start doing this where they just fake tweet that they're coming out of retirement. Just get people talking about him because I didn't even know Jason Campbell was retired... Jeff George should just tweet something racist tomorrow just to get the rush of being like a celebrity again.

Subjective PR strategy advice.
Void
Take Slip·Apr 4, 2016·PR 101
#PMT-2016-0404-18619
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

J.J. Watt should commit a small crime like animal abuse to fix his bad boy image

J.J. needs to kind of break out of this goody two shoes, like vibe that he's putting out... I think he just needs to go out and commit a small crime, like animal abuse, you know, a crime. Nobody really cares about something like that. Maybe start a small fire. That would kind of give him that little bit of a bad boy edge.

This is a satirical suggestion.