Culture Jammer's Encyclopedia: News Trolls
http://www.sniggle.net/news.php Planting fictional and absurd content in the news media Planting fictional and absurd content in the news mediaThis section got far too huge as the news media continues to degenerate into farce! I’ve had to split it up into two sections: Mischief-minded reporters and April Fooling news rooms printing all the news that gives you fits: Monkeyfishing, Stephen Glass, Janet Cooke, Jack Kelley, Jayson Media > Culture Jamming > Hoaxes Joey Skaggs Alan Abel Orson Welles War of the Worlds Jing Huiwen Howard Stern urban legends Citizens Concerned About Barney H.L. Mencken
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1. Joey Skaggs
Since 1966, Skaggs has hoaxed media outlets around the world with pranks like The Celebrity Sperm Bank, Cockroach Vitamin Pills and Dog Meat Soup.
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"Mr. Lee Mingwei will be the first human male to ever birth a baby from his own body." Art project by Virgil Wong, thematizing gender roles, childbearing, and reproductive technology.
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3. GenoChoice
"Create Your Own Genetically Healthy Child Online! It's the Best of Nature...Before You Nurture!" A make-believe genetics company selling the perfect offspring.
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4. Eat Babies
Supports the "stereotypical attack on an opposing political party or group" by providing recipes and advice.
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BioPEEP, a group of scientists distributing a genetic virus in consumable products to create product junkies, is "exposed" in this media hoax.
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