The media is not just the message. The media is a massage. We're constantly being stroked, manipulated, adjusted, realigned, and manoeuvered. Joey Skaggs More Quotes by Joey Skaggs More Quotes From Joey Skaggs It is the fool who thinks he cannot be fooled. Joey Skaggs fooled fool thinking Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical. Joey Skaggs twists fake-people important The media's job is to question a premise. Joey Skaggs premises media jobs What do we believe? Why do we believe it? Joey Skaggs believe 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. Joey Skaggs artist people ideas I created hoaxes. I confronted and challenged the majority opinion. I attacked, humiliated, and criticized the voice of the corporate mainstream media. Joey Skaggs hoaxes media voice 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. Joey Skaggs tribes function bills Any journalist worth his or her salt wouldn't trust me. Joey Skaggs salt trust-me trust I've always been a fine artist. Joey Skaggs fine-artists fine artist 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. Joey Skaggs release aggravation stories 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. Joey Skaggs if-i-could easier faith If I'm successful in fooling a wire service, I don't really have to do anything else to promote the story. Joey Skaggs wire successful stories I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about which I felt passionate. Joey Skaggs issues passionate attention But I learned first-hand how the news media operates by watching how they interpreted, changed, and misrepresented my intentions. Joey Skaggs news media hands But my favorite work is always my next piece. Joey Skaggs next my-favorite pieces Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target of hatred and prejudice. Joey Skaggs target prejudice hatred When I create a false reality, I always try to create a plausible structure to help convince people. Joey Skaggs trying reality people My art became very public. Joey Skaggs art-is art
