The cutout of Roger Ailes as an angel with the word bubble, “Haters gonna hate!” wasn't always a part of the billboard.
A Los Angeles billboard touting Showtime’swas defaced on Wednesday by a group of conservative street artists collectively known as the Faction.
The billboard, located on the corner of Shelbourne and Sunset, features an image of Russell Crowe as the, standing in front of red, white and blue TV screens. As of early Wednesday morning, it was altered with a cutout of Ailes as an angel saying, via word bubble, “Haters gonna hate!” A member of the Faction, which describes itself as “an anonymous group of free-thinking street artists,” told The Times on Wednesday that the addendum is meant to echoand that the group considers it an “analog meme.” The group began brainstorming the stunt after spotting the newly installed billboards earlier this week.
“Most of what we do is humorous, hyperbolic, sarcastic — we're not mean or angry or yelling at people,” said the anonymous group member. “We're not even huge fans of Roger Ailes and Fox News. Our only allegiance is to the truth, it's not right or left.” The stunt occurred just days before Showtime airs its first episode of “The Loudest Voice” on Sunday. Naomi Watts, Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane and Josh Charles are also part of the five-episode project, based on theThe Faction previously reframed billboards of
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