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FAF Throws Aside Accounting Standards to Announce ‘The Best Press Release Ever’

Posted on January 29, 2015January 2, 2019 by Adrienne Gonzalez

Looks like happy hour started a little early in Norwalk today, as what was supposed to be a test email went out to subscribers of FAF’s Action Alert as if it was a real press release:

Kip later issued an apology. We Betz he did, har har.

 

Posted in NewsTagged press releases, screw ups, the best ever

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