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How to make the Ku Klux Klan victims

January 24, 2017 by wpfixit

News, Social Media, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Truth Or how to make victims of the Ku Klux Klan By Nate Thayer January 24, 2017 On a remote stretch of a rural Mississippi county road in recent weeks, 5 people wearing masks tried to flag down passing motorists from a remote church parking lot […]

Filed Under: Ku Klux Klan, North Mississippi White Knights Tagged With: Chuck Edwards, Journalism, Journalism ethics, Ku Klux Klan, North Mississippi White Knights of the KKK, Social Media

BREAKING: Facebook names storied mutt, Lamont, Global Celebrity

June 19, 2014 by wpfixit

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 […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Facebook, Internet Journalism, Journalism, Lamont, My Dog Lamont, Nate Thayer, Social Media Tagged With: Facebook, Journalism, Lamont, Nate Thayer, Social Media

“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

Korean Sex, the Atlantic magazine, and Ted Koppel: What visitors wanted to read in 2013

January 2, 2014 by wpfixit

My 2013 statistics for my blog, natethayer.wordpress.com (now moved to www.nate-thayer.com), have been summarized and broken down. They provide for interesting, sometimes disturbing, sometimes humorous, sometimes enlightening,and to me, fascinating insight into how and why people decide to visit an online site, via what social media networks, from where the readers live, and what topics […]

Filed Under: Atlantic Magazine, Bloggers, Free People, Freelance Journalism, Freelance Journalist, Internet, Internet Freedom, Internet Journalism, Journalism, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Social Media, Ted Koppel, Writers Tagged With: free speech, Freelance Journalism, Internet Journalism, Journalism, Media Ethics, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Social Media

Fleeting Thoughts on the Death of Human Interaction in the Digital Age

November 14, 2013 by wpfixit

Momentary Fleeting Thoughts on the Death of Human Interaction in the Digital Age By Nate Thayer November 14, 2013 I have had dozens of communications with people today–by text, by email, by Google and FB Instant Messaging, from all over the globe. I have been communicating with people for nearly 12 hours, uninterrupted. But just […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Internet, Internet Freedom, Internet Journalism, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Social Media Tagged With: Internet, Internet Journalism, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Social Media

Google search terms which drove readers to my blog: Alert Homeland Security or throw a block party?

May 9, 2013 by wpfixit

Should I alert Homeland Security or throw a block party? A stroll through internet search terms which sent readers to my blog By Nate Thayer May 9, 2013 Here are this week’s listing of perplexing, disturbing and amusing internet search terms which drove people to my blog and provide an intriguing peak into the nooks […]

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Mississippi Elvis Impersonator Terrorist Suspect Claims U.S. Coverup After Finding Body Parts in Refrigerator

April 18, 2013 by wpfixit

Mississippi Elvis Impersonator Terrorist Suspect  Claims U.S. Coverup After Finding Body Parts in Refrigerator By Nate Thayer This Elvis cum terrorist impersonator story is only going to get more fun. If this isn’t in the news stories tomorrow, someone isn’t doing their job. From the Google page https://sites.google.com/site/paulkevincurtis/ of Paul Kevin Curtis, who was arrested […]

Filed Under: Blog Nate Thayer, Humor, Internet, Media, Medical Malpractice, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Paul Kevin Curtis, Religious Extremism, Social Media, Terrorism, U.S. domestic terrorism, U.S. Extremists, U.S. politics Tagged With: Conspiracy theories, free speech, Humor, Internet Journalism, Nate Thayer, Nate Thayer blog, Paul Kevin Curtis, Social Media, Terrorism

Mississippi Elvis Cum Terrorist Impersonator Leaves Trail of Social Media Clues

April 17, 2013 by wpfixit

Mississippi Elvis Cum Terrorist Impersonator Leaves Trail of Social Media Clues By Nate Thayer April 17, 2013 It is too bad I am not a spot news reporter anymore because this Elvis cum terrorist impersonator from Mississippi has left a goldmine of good stuff on his social media footprint. Paul Kevin Curtis, the Mississippi man […]

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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 […]

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Evidence Suggests Readers of Thayer Blog are Certifiably Bonkers

December 8, 2012 by wpfixit

Study:Evidence Suggests Readers of Thayer Blog are Certifiably Bonkers: Life’s Work Appears to Have Been in Vain Story of Royal’s Murder Plot Behind Dead Nurse of Preggers Bride of Son of Still Dead Princess Di Believed by More Readers Than Two Decades of Pol Pot Research By Nate Thayer Oh, my. Oh, gosh. It is […]

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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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