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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. "
Joey Skaggs
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" It is the fool who thinks he cannot be fooled. "
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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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" I've always been a fine artist. "
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" But my favorite work is always my next piece. "
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" Any journalist worth his or her salt wouldn't trust me. "
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" I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about which I felt passionate. "
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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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" What do we believe? Why do we believe it? "
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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 important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical. "
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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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" The media's job is to question a premise. "
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