The media is not just the message. The media is a massage. We're constantly being stroked, manipulated, adjusted, realigned, and manoeuvered.

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

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.

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

My art became very public.

I created hoaxes. I confronted and challenged the majority opinion. I attacked, humiliated, and criticized the voice of the corporate mainstream media.

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.