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Evil Lawyer Tricks: Gag Orders, Free Speech, and Non-Disclosure Agreements

February 5, 2016 by wpfixit

Evil Lawyer Tricks: Gag Orders, Free Speech, and Non-Disclosure Agreements By Nate Thayer February 6, 2016 Yesterday, I was contacted, unsolicited, by the folks who are responsible for the epic TV hit reality series “Housewives of New Jersey.” They appear to want to make me a TV star. “Hi Nate, My name is Karen XXXXXX […]

Filed Under: #Paythewriter, Free Speech, Freedom of speech, Freelance Journalism, Writers Tagged With: Lawyers, Leftfield entertainment, Non disclosure agreements

Was Louisiana Cop Accused of Being KKK Fired for Objecting to Corrupt Police?

September 4, 2015 by wpfixit

My latest for VICE on how a small town cop was accused of being in the Ku Klux Klan and fired after clashing with his corrupt police superiors. In fact, the cop was providing information to the FBI on the Klan. http://www.vice.com/read/was-this-louisiana-cop-accused-of-being-kkk-actually-fired-for-objecting-to-police-corruption-904 Was This Louisiana Cop Accused of Being in the KKK Actually Fired for […]

Filed Under: Chris Barker KKK, Corruption, Free Speech, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Loyal White Knights of the KKK, U.S. Extremists, U.S. terrorism, VICE, White Supremacism, White Supremecist Tagged With: KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Lake Arthur Louisiana, Loyal White Knights KKK, police corruption, Raymond Mott

#KKK & #Anonymous find common ground over soda pop at clandestine #Ferguson, Missouri “Steak & Shake” burger joint meeting

November 24, 2014 by wpfixit

#KKK Imperial Wizard & #Anonymous wearing hoodies and face piercings have clandestine meeting of the minds at #Ferguson, Missouri  “Steak & Shake” burger joint By Nate Thayer November 23, 2014 While the country is all atwitter over racial strife in Ferguson, there is remarkable common ground being found between extremist antagonists on the ground. The Imperial […]

Filed Under: Anonymous, Ferguson, Free Speech, KKK, Ku Klux Klan Tagged With: Anonymous, Ferguson, Frank Ancona Ku Klux Klan, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Nate Thayer

AP reports N. Korea “Ice Bucket Challenge”: silent on repression of disabled

September 1, 2014 by wpfixit

AP reports “Ice Bucket Challenge” in North Korea; doesn’t on NK repression of disabled people Viral water dunking campaign for charity staged in Pyongyang by American rappers By Nate Thayer Sept 1, 2014 The Associated Press should be ashamed of themselves for being a willing collaborator in disseminating the state propaganda of North Korea, the world’s […]

Filed Under: Associated Press, Free Speech, Human Rights, Journalistic Ethics, Media, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea Media, North Korea racism, North Korean Propaganda, North Korean racism Tagged With: AP North Korea, Associated Press, Journalism ethics, Nate Thayer, North Korea Media, North Korean propaganda

“No More Creampuff Journalism”–Readers Object with Fervor and Wit

July 11, 2014 by wpfixit

No More Creampuff Journalism Ouch! Below are a series of reader reactions to an interview I conducted with then Khmer Rouge President Khieu Samphan in 1993. It wasn’t pretty, but it was (mostly) quite witty. Included is the article that sparked the outrage, the response of Phnom Penh Post editor-in-chief and publisher, the inimitable and […]

Filed Under: Cambodia, Free Speech, Khmer Rouge, Michael Hayes, Nate Thayer, Phnom Penh Post Tagged With: Cambodia, Khmer Rouge, Michael Hayes, Nate Thayer, Phnom Penh Post

“She pissed off the Queen, now she’s dead ”Why Brits Are Loopier Than Americans Re: Fruitcake Conspiracy Theories?

February 24, 2014 by wpfixit

Why Are The Brits Even More Loopy Than Americans When it Comes to Fruitcake Conspiracy Theories? By Nate Thayer February 24, 2013 Some may recall that in December 2012 a couple of radio disc jockey pranksters in Australia called the London hospital where the pregnant Princess whatever-her-name-is was staying having taken ill with tummy troubles. […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, British royal family, Conspiracy Theories, Free Speech, Humor, Internet, Internet Freedom, Internet Journalism, Internet media ethics, Journalistic Ethics, Media, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog Tagged With: British Royal family, Conspiracy theories, free speech, Internet Journalism, Journalism ethics, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Social Media

How Hordes of U.S. Republican Party Apparatchik’s Toppled the Mongolian Communist Descendants of Genghis Khan

October 6, 2013 by wpfixit

How Hordes of U.S. Republican Party Apparatchik’s Toppled the Mongolian Communist Descendants of Genghis Khan Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with the Mongolian Voter” was the single largest printed and most widely distributed document in Mongolian History, and Crucial to Overthrowing History’s Second Longest Ruling Communist Government Without Shedding a Drop of Blood: The  “Contract with Mongolia.” From the archives […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Free People, Free Speech, Humor, Nate Thayer, U.S. Asian Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Republican Party Mongolia Tagged With: free speech, Mongolia, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Newt Gingrich "Contract with Mongolia", U.S. Asian Policy, U.S. Politics, U.S. Republican Party Mongolia

“The ethics of not paying writers in exchange for ‘exposure’: A debate #paythewriter

August 14, 2013 by wpfixit

Thanks to professor of journalism Kevin Lerner of Marist College for organizing a discussion on “The Ethics and Economics of Paying Writers with Exposure and a Byline” at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication held last week in Washington D.C. A full transcript was made by Kevin Lerner […]

Filed Under: #Paythewriter, Blog Nate Thayer, Free Speech, Freelance Journalism, Freelance Journalist, Huffington Post, Internet Journalism, Internet media ethics, Journalism, Journalistic Ethics, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Plagiarism, Social Media, The Atlantic Magazine, Twitter, Writers Tagged With: #paythewriter, Atlantic Magazine, Freelance Journalism, Internet Journalism, Journalism, Journalism ethics, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog

A letter to a young Cambodian-2013: Reflections on a toxic political culture

June 26, 2013 by wpfixit

Cambodia-2013: Reflections on a toxic political culture A letter to a young Cambodian If Cambodia is not careful, they will be relegated to selling roadside trinkets along the highway as the rest of properly organized Asia zooms through without stopping  between Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City By Nate Thayer June 26, 2013 Alright I just expelled […]

Filed Under: Cambodia, Cambodia coup, Corruption, Free People, Free Speach, Free Speech, Freedom of speech, Human Rights, Hun Sen, Journalism, Khmer Rouge, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, organized crime, Pol Pot Tagged With: Cambodia, Cambodian elections, Corruption, free speech, Human Rights, Hun Sen, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog

A Peak In the Public Mailbox: Debate on state of journalism runs from supportive to, well, very not–with a dash of the amusing and odd.

April 14, 2013 by wpfixit

A Peak Into the Public Mailbox: Debate on state of journalism runs from very supportive to, well, very not–with an entertaining dash of the amusing and odd. Maybe the North Korean Ministry of Agitation and Propaganda are on to Something By Nate Thayer April 13, 2013 In the last few weeks I can’t help but […]

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Social Media Frightens Me: The Thoughtful Confessions of a Confirmed Skeptic

April 12, 2013 by wpfixit

Social Media Frightens Me: The Thoughtful Confessions of a Confirmed Skeptic By Nate Thayer April 12, 2012 In all honesty, I don’t feel comfortable engaging in this whole social media thingamagig. But I am not an idiot. I knew I had to get with the program. I was confronted with this realization when recently I […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Free Speech, Freedom of speech, Internet, Internet Freedom, Internet Journalism, Media, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Social Media, Writers Tagged With: free speech, Freelance Journalism, Internet, Internet Journalism, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, Social Media

A Day in the Life of a Freelance Journalist—2013

March 4, 2013 by wpfixit

A Day in the Life of a Freelance Journalist—2013 Here is an exchange between the Global Editor of the Atlantic Magazine and myself this afternoon attempting to solicit my professional services for an article they sought to publish after reading my story “25 Years of Slam Dunk Diplomacy: Rodman trip comes after 25 years of […]

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