“Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical.” PeopleImportantStoriesEdgesFakeRealisticTwistsFake PeoplePlausibleSatirical Author:Joey Skaggs
“When I create a false reality, I always try to create a plausible structure to help convince people.” PeopleTryingHelpingRealityStructureConvincePlausibleFalse Reality Author:Joey Skaggs
“Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target of hatred and prejudice.” HatredPrejudiceTargetPerversionDeviation Author:Joey Skaggs
“But I learned first-hand how the news media operates by watching how they interpreted, changed, and misrepresented my intentions.” FirstsHandsMediaChangedNewsIntentionNews Media Author:Joey Skaggs
“I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about which I felt passionate.” WayFeltAttentionIssuesComplexesPassionateManipulationManipulateManipulator Author:Joey Skaggs
“If I'm successful in fooling a wire service, I don't really have to do anything else to promote the story.” IfsStoriesSuccessfulWire Author:Joey Skaggs
“It would make life much easier if I could have total faith and not question everything all the time, but I can't do it and I won't do it.” IfsI CanFaithEasierIf I Could Author:Joey Skaggs
“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.” StoriesDutyPressesReleaseReportersAggravationPress Release Author:Joey Skaggs
“The media is not just the message. The media is a massage. We're constantly being stroked, manipulated, adjusted, realigned, and manoeuvered.” MediaMessagesMassage Author:Joey Skaggs
“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.” PeopleWayLooksIdeasArtistBeliefChallengesNew WaysProvokingSatirical Author:Joey Skaggs
“I created hoaxes. I confronted and challenged the majority opinion. I attacked, humiliated, and criticized the voice of the corporate mainstream media.” VoiceOpinionMediaMajorityCorporateMainstreamHumiliatedMainstream MediaHoaxesMajority Opinion Author:Joey Skaggs
“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.” ProductsFunctionBillsGoodsMentalityHouseholdPacksTribes Author:Joey Skaggs
“Any journalist worth his or her salt wouldn't trust me.” TrustJournalistSaltTrust Me Author:Joey Skaggs
