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The media's job is to question a premise.

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Joey Skaggs
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: January 1
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Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical.
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We function in a pack mentality. This is our tribe. And this is how we are exploited - sold a bill of goods and a household of products.
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It is the fool who thinks he cannot be fooled.
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I created hoaxes. I confronted and challenged the majority opinion. I attacked, humiliated, and criticized the voice of the corporate mainstream media.
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My challenge as a satirical artist is how to present ideas to people to enable them to question and reexamine their beliefs. My hope is, that my work provokes people to look at things in a new way.
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When I create a false reality, I always try to create a plausible structure to help convince people.
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The media is not just the message. The media is a massage. We're constantly being stroked, manipulated, adjusted, realigned, and manoeuvered.
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What do we believe? Why do we believe it?
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I've always been a fine artist.
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But my favorite work is always my next piece.
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If I'm successful in fooling a wire service, I don't really have to do anything else to promote the story.
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Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target of hatred and prejudice.
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My art became very public.
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But I learned first-hand how the news media operates by watching how they interpreted, changed, and misrepresented my intentions.
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Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.
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