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“Early reports on SEAL raid also incorrect”, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday,May 8, 2011 The Fog of War, the Prussian military analyst Carl von Clausewitz famously called it. And that was a pretty good term. The idea was that, in the heat of battle, the details of what just happened could get awfully confused. Who shot [...]
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“Why let Republicans decide what we’re gonna whack? Let’s come up with a Democratic version.” – Ellis Henican The 2012 budget fight has begun. President Obama spoke today – how did he do? Ellis Henican appeared on Fox Business Channel’s ‘Lou Dobbs Tonight’ with Republican strategist Ron Christie and former NY Republican Congressman John Le Boutellier (04/13/11). E-mail ellis@henican.com. Follow [...]
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What are you doing this Tuesday – April 12th? Bill O’Reilly, the always provocative host of the “O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News Channel, is coming to Long Island. As only he can, Bill will highlight the latest cultural outrages, separate the pinheads from the patriots and dissect the presidential field for 2012. This is a [...]
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“Tiki Barber Wants to Return to the NFL, But Is This Just Another Fumble for the Ex-Running Back?”, Ellis Henican Opinion, FOX NEWS. COM, March 11, 2011 Tiki, Tiki, Tiki! What do you mean “playing the field” again? Tiki Barber, the charming New York Giants running back who retired in 2006 to work full-time on [...]
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Does the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004 sufficiently meet the demands of the digital age? Ellis Henican headed to Washington DC to moderate a lively discussion that addressed this question, and many other critical legislative and regulatory issues. The Copyright Clearance Center-sponsored event wondered out loud whether government policies are properly managing rights distribution [...]
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“Can’t plug the Wikileaks” ”, Ellis Henican Column, amNewYork, December 3, 2010 Hey, Hillary! Hey, all you flustered generals, ambassadors and government-security chiefs! Protect your own damn secrets. Don’t be expecting the media to keep your secrets for you. That won’t happen anymore, not in the age of WikiLeaks. This week, all of Washington has been [...]
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“18 things to be grateful for this holiday”, Ellis Henican Column, amNewYork, November 24, 2010 So many reasons to be thankful, just when we need them most: Be thankful you didn’t plan your Thanksgiving island getaway for lovely Yeonpyeong, South Korea. Be thankful Charlie Sheen only visits New York. Be thankful there are still a [...]
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Bill O’Reilly took exception with Ted Koppel’s column in the Washington Post. Koppel wrote , “We live now in a cable news universe that celebrates the opinions of Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly — individuals who hold up the twin pillars of political partisanship…” The former ABC news anchor also wrote that [...]
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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 September 18, 2010 edition of Fox News Watch, the talk began with the media’s coverage of the Christine O’Donnell (the Tea Party [...]
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“Anniversary now an insincere publicity circus”, Ellis Henican Column, amNewYork, September 10, 2010 I’ve begun to dread these 9/11 anniversaries. Do they really have to come every year? It isn’t just the innocence that was lost that day. That will never be recaptured. It isn’t even the lives that were lost. We have far better [...]
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