Top 5 publicity stunts of 2009

It turns out 2009 was a very good year — for publicity stunts. PRNewser collected what it believes are the top five publicity stunts of last year and the list includes a few obvious ones — the Salahis and Balloon Boy parents — along with a couple corporate gems. The criteria for making the list isn’t effectiveness, by the way. “Some achieved a goal, while the verdict is still out on others,” PRNewser ’s Jason Chupick wrote.