Posts Tagged fake news

Political prank topples the Austrian government. Joey Skaggs swears he didn’t do it! [English & German]

Joey Skaggs visited Vienna, Austria, in June. Coincidentally, a surreptitiously filmed video had just been released showing the far-right Freedom Party’s leader and then vice chancellor of the Austrian government, Heinz-Christian Strache, scheming to overthrow the rest of the government. In the video, Strache, thinking he’s talking

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Joey Skaggs writes (about) fake news

JoJo, King of the New York Gypsies (a.k.a. Joey Skaggs), protesting to rename the Gypsy Moth in 1982

Fake News: The Relentless Pursuit of Mind Control, by Joey Skaggs, Huffington Post, November 29, 2016 The news media is all a-flutter with headlines about the rise and proliferation of fake news media: “Did Russia Install Donald Trump As the Next U.S. President?” “It’s About To Get

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