Charles Runnells, of The News-Press, writes about Andrea Marini’s film, ART OF THE PRANK, screening at the Bonita Springs International Film Festival in Bonita Springs, Florida, on Sunday, January 29.
People talk about “fake news” like it’s something new.
It’s not.
Media prankster Joey Skaggs has been doing it since the 1960s — long before Facebook, Twitter and the so-called “fake news” crisis. He’s concocted all kinds of bizarre schemes to fool gullible news reporters and their unsuspecting audiences.