The sausage making of interviewing people who don’t want to talk to journalists…. By Nate Thayer December 21,2018 I have been organizing notes and interviews for articles I wrote in 2018. The below is now in a file of one neo-Nazi white supremacist I wrote about earlier this year: February 8, 2018: At 6:57 this […]
Conversation with a Formerly Secret Ku Klux Klansman
The sausage making process of journalism and interviewing people who don’t want to talk to you…. By Nate Thayer February 9, 2018 I will be publishing a story on a Ku Klux Klan nationwide campaign distributing racist and anti-Semitic hate literature. In recent weeks, thousands of leaflets have been thrown onto front lawns of […]
Internal Ku Klux Klan mutiny may spell collapse of extremist white power group
Entire leadership of Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan resign after top leader charged with attempted murder of fellow Klansmen A rare equivalent of a White Nationalist Fatwa was issued by a secretive body of elders from 16 different Klan groups excommunicating LWK Imperial Wizard Christopher Barker By Nate Thayer February 27, 2017 The […]
The Ku Klux Klan Threatened to Decapitate my Dog: How Political Extremists are a Pain in the Ass
The Behind the Scenes Sausage Making of Creating a News Article From Researching the Ku Klux Klan By Nate Thayer September 5, 2015 Recently, I have written several articles exposing a Ku Klux leader as working as an undercover operative for the FBI. Chris Barker, the Imperial Wizard–or national leader–of the most high-profile KKK […]
Was Louisiana Cop Accused of Being KKK Fired for Objecting to Corrupt Police?
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 […]
