HERE SHE COMES TO SAVE THE DAY
Ellis Henican is frequently a member of the ‘Fox News Watch’ panel of media analysts who cover the coverage of the week’s biggest stories.
(Saturday 2:30 and 11:30 PM on the Fox News Channel)
On the August 7, 2010 edition of Fox News Watch, the talk, once again, turned to the media’s coverage of the Wikileaks investigation. What started with Jon Scott telling the panel that “the Pentagon obviously believes there’s been tremenedous damage done to the war effort” ended in an exchange now being discussed ’round the world.
Discussing the recent leaks by Wikileaks, Ellis made the case that “most of us who work in the media will tell you honestly we live off of leaks. Give me more leaks,” he insisted.
Conservative political commentator, and fellow panelist, S. E. Cupp took issue with this saying, “It seems as though the sole purpose of Wikileaks is to discredit and dismantle our war efforts and at any cost.”
She continued, “And I’m sorry, that’s not journalism. They’re just a collection bin for, for you know, documents.” 
Henican responded, “Kind of like the Drudge Report, right?”
Hundreds of viewers took to Twitter and Blogs to discuss these 7 little words, and as one blogger noted, it was “a comparison that is sure to upset nearly everyone involved.”
E-mail ellis@henican.com. Follow him at twitter.com/henican
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