Yes, this is how it works. As a reporter who receives these kind of emails from PR flacks all day, I can say that it is as simple and stupid as this in most ca

Yes, this is how it works. As a reporter who receives these kind of emails from PR flacks all day, I can say that it is as simple and stupid as this in most cases. I can't say with 100% certainty that no one ever just pays a reporter to write PR bullshit but most of the time it's gross laziness.