More from the Bill O’Reilly diaries of doing things he never did, seeing things he never did, in places he never was, and claiming he is something he isn’t, when he is not claiming he never did the things he did do, continued… By Nate Thayer April 21, 2017 This Bill O’Reilly soap opera, like […]
U.S. fusses over president’s feet as world panics we have lost our mind
Partisan America’s fetish with the feet of our presidents By Nate Thayer March 1, 2017 Partisan Washington’s fetish with presidential feet dominated news headlines yesterday, trumping the global consensus the leaders of the Free World have lost their minds. Trump presidential advisor KellyAnne Conway was spanked throughout official Washington for kneeling and putting her feet […]
Excerpts from “Sympathy for the Devil: A Journalists Memoir from Inside Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge”
A Journalists Memoir from Inside Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge By Nate Thayer (Copyright Nate Thayer. All Rights Reserved. No publication or citation permitted without author’s express written permission.) By 1994, the Khmer Rouge leadership once again evaporated into the jungle. To my frustration, my methodically constructed stable of Khmer Rouge sources was now deep in […]
I Killed Pol Pot: How The Free Press Brought Pol Pot to Justice
Why a Free Press is a vital institution to Free People By Nate Thayer April 17, 2015 Today marks a tragic day in the modern history of political mass murder by government. Forty-two years ago today six separate armies, under the titular leadership of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge, converged on the Cambodian capital of […]
I Left My Mind in Iraq: the Taboo of Mental Illness
Or how to respond to people who have gone crazy By Nate Thayer February 27, 2015 In April, 2003 communist Vietnamese soldiers attacked my farm in Maryland, near Washington, D.C. Specifically, a three-man Vietnamese mortar team set up their 81 millimeter mortar position by my barn and they did what mortar teams do: they were […]
Why not to bloviate when you aren’t a war hero: How O’Reilly doesn’t factor
Under Fire: A comparative study of the not-war-hero, me, and my anti-doppelgänger Bill O’Reilly: How to actually get shot at and not be an idiot By Nate Thayer February 20, 2014 O’Reilly interviews a Boston Globe photographer who was at the finish line when the Boston Marathon bombs were detonated (well sort of because he doesn’t let […]
Syracuse University bans Pulitzer winner over Ebola fears
Washington Post photographer Michel du Cille covered Ebola crisis in Liberia in September, has completed 21 day self quarantine, shown no symptoms, and accompanied head of CDC yesterday to Congressional hearings Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications disinvites respected journalist from journalism conference Nate thayer October 17, 2014 Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post […]
Journalists say they prefer risk of beheading in Syria than reporting Ebola
U.S. Journalist with Ebola Highlights Special Terror Reporters Face Covering Disease Pandemic By Nate Thayer October 6, 2014 An American journalist stricken with the Ebola virus in Liberia has highlighted the unique dangers faced by reporters covering the rapidly growing disease pandemic, many of whom say they feel safer covering the wars in Syria where […]
Darren Wilson & Michael Brown: Icons of a nation not on listening terms
Two ships passing in the night: Ferguson’s Darren Wilson & Michael Brown: A nation not engaged in conversation; not on listening or speaking terms By Nate Thayer August 22, 2014 A week ago, late Saturday night on August 16th, I finished a story that was the product of several days of research. I had been […]
The Journalist’s Creed: A code of ethics for journalists
The Journalist’s Creed A code of ethics for journalists by Walter Williams, founder and first dean of the Missouri School of Journalism—1906 *I believe in the profession of journalism. *I believe that the public journal is a public trust; that all connected with it are, to the full measure of their responsibility, trustees for the […]
Ferguson News coverage: What if Kennedy had been shot in the Twitter age?
News coverage in the age of social media: Ferguson and the Kennedy Assassination. What if Kennedy had been shot in the age of Twitter and smart phones? By Nate Thayer August 21, 2014 At 12:29 pm Central Standard Time on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy’s presidential limousine entered Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. […]
BREAKING: Facebook names storied mutt, Lamont, Global Celebrity
BREAKING NEWS: Facebook officially recognizes Lamont as Famous Global Celebrity Seeking Increased Profit Margins, Top Facebook Strategy Executives Woo the Charming Mutt By Nate Thayer June 19, 2014 Sometimes it is a bit embarrassing to be my pal, Lamont’s, human. Yesterday, I was contacted by someone from Facebook Headquarters informing me that they had made […]
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