Chris Atkins

"Yo quería mostrar que la obsesión de la prensa por las celebridades es una estupidez absoluta y que ha infectado todos los demás ámbitos del periodismo. Si abres el Sun y lees "¡Los chismes más picantes de los famosos!", lo tomarás todo con pinzas. Pero cuando pasan por la BBC ya es mucho más difícil de arreglar". En 2009 Atkins y sus colaboradores colaron a la prensa noticias sin fundamento alguno sobre la vida íntima de los famosos: desde falsos detalles morbosos hasta las cosas más estrafalarias (los pelos de Amy Winehouse en llamas a causa de un amigo borracho, una estrellita del pop inglés experta en física cuántica). El resultado es la demoledora película "Starsuckers" y sus secuelas legales.

http://www.starsuckersmovie.com

Videos & Sounds

Starsuckers' Movie Trailer.

A documentary movie which tries to say things straightforward instead of selling apparently easy solutions.

The whole point: how to stop allowing media corporations influence us and especially kids.

The truth about how journalism actually works: copy, mix and paste.

Questions and answers

Are there any non-filthy news outlets?

Why British people are so good in making bizarre projects?

How easy or how hard is to create a prank?

Picking the right story in the right time.

The reaction from the media after the movie.

The letter by Bob Geldof.

The media as stage for their own subversion.

Fox hunting in Britain: the prohibition and the re-establishment.

The fox attack prank.

The fox attack: testing media hysteria (in the most silly and absurd way possible).

The "Urban Fox Hunters": some useless friends, a badly trained dog and a fake fox.

The morning after: thousand of visits, comments, complaints, and death threats.

The story in major newspapers.

The 2.000 £ reward from a society for protection of animals! A prank with very real consecuences.

If you're going to upset people, you better have a very good reason. And claiming the prank and revealing the truth won't be an easy task.

Martin Moore from Media Standards Trust explaining how their churn engine let you distinguish journalism from churnalism.

The MaleBeautyDirect.com website and its hot product: the penazzle, that adds extra sparkle to your valentines day.

The chastity garter, with a chip detecting if someone get sexually excited and send a text message to the lady's boyfriend or husband.

The Larry the cat story is spreading all over the national media.

The Guardian publishes the reveal piece about the hoax, yet one day after the claim some journalists (BBC Radio Norfolk) didn't realize it was a fake and invite Chris to talk about the story.

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