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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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" But I learned first-hand how the news media operates by watching how they interpreted, changed, and misrepresented my intentions. "

Joey Skaggs

Intentions

News

Watching

" It is the fool who thinks he cannot be fooled. "

" I've always been a fine artist. "

" 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. "

" But my favorite work is always my next piece. "

Joey Skaggs

Favorite

Always

" Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical. "

" 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. "

" What do we believe? Why do we believe it? "

Joey Skaggs

Believe

Why

" My art became very public. "

" Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target of hatred and prejudice. "

" The media's job is to question a premise. "

" When I create a false reality, I always try to create a plausible structure to help convince people. "

" I learned more complex ways to manipulate the manipulators, to bring attention to issues about which I felt passionate. "

Joey Skaggs

Attention

Passionate

" If I'm successful in fooling a wire service, I don't really have to do anything else to promote the story. "

" Any journalist worth his or her salt wouldn't trust me. "