Is Jayson Blair, just recently exposed for fraudulent reporting, plagiarism, and quote-invention as a New York Times reporter a singular anomaly, a solitary breach of the public’s trust?  Or would you be surprised to learn that 50% of  major media reporting harbors such ‘inaccuracies’?

Would you be shocked to learn that at least 2% and perhaps as much as 25% of certain genre of canonical masterpieces in the art museums of the world today are fakes?  In fact, the greatest art forger of all time, a contemporary, is/was so great that new forgers are forging his forged works of the Masters!

Learn more about Trolls, Hoaxes, Culture Jamming, Poetic Terrorism, Media Hacks, Frauds, Impostors, Spoofs, Counterfeits, Fakes, Pranks, Scams, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds    here !

Did you know that the philosophical underpinnings of the Matrix can be largely found in French postmodern sociologist Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation, where he argues that contemporary Western society is a culture of facades, replicas, counterfeit and imitation? (the Wachowskis--producers of the Matix and the Matrix Reloaded--encouraged Keanu Reeves to read this work.)

I would hope someday that the rantings of this blog could be so fucking inspirational!  So much to do...so little time.