HENICAN TO MILITARY: KEEP YOUR SECRETS

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 July 31, 2010 edition of Fox News Watch, the panel discussed the media’s coverage of  the Wikileaks investigation.   Ellis…

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OUT OF GUV RACE, WHAT’S NEXT FOR LEVY

“Steve Levy gives up the ghost” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, August 1, 2010  Steve Levy is lucky he has such high self-esteem. Otherwise, he’d be feeling pretty bummed this weekend. Nothing is turning out like the Suffolk County executive planned. State Republican leaders were certain to pick him as their inside candidate for governor. Only they…

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A NEW PRESIDENTIAL ‘VIEW’? NOT REALLY.

“Bams ‘View’ Really Matters”  Ellis Henican Column, amNewYork, July 30, 2010  He knows Lindsay Lohan’s a jailbird. He’s chagrined at Mel Gibson’s anger mismanagement. So how could Barack Obama be so embarrassingly clueless about a national figure as important as Snooki? Appearing on “The View,” the pop-savvy president drew an uncharacteristic blank at the mention…

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NEARBY VIOLENCE COST NEIGHBORHOOD ITS SCHOOL

“School closure better prompt plain talk in Huntington Station” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, July 25, 2010  No one is saying the Jack Abrams School wasn’t educating its students.  No one is claiming the teaching was shoddy, the building was crumbling or the discipline was lax. The Huntington School Board voted 4-3 on Monday to shut down…

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SHOULD BLOGGERS BE CONSIDERED BELIEVABLE MEDIA

 “Slippery Blogger has No Rules”  Ellis Henican Column, amNewYork, July 16, 2010  Here in the Believable Media, we don’t have very many rules. No sleeping with the sources. No taking money from the politicians and flacks. And no twisting peoples’ words around when you edit their quotes. I can’t comment on Andrew Breitbart’s funding practices…

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Ellis Henican Defends the Truth … and Robert Gibbs

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 July 17, 2010 edition of Fox News Watch, the panel discussed the media’s coverage of  White…

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THE GRASS ISN’T ALWAYS GREENER IN THE SUBURBS

“Are we still the ‘burbs if our lawns are brown?” – Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, July 18, 2010  Will the suburbs still be the suburbs if the people can’t water their lawns? That question is suddenly impossible to ignore as Suffolk County officials announced that water consumption surged to an all-time record on Friday. Robo-calls are urging…

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WHAT IS THERE TO SAY IN AFTERMATH OF TRAGEDY

What can Justine Mulhall possibly say? “I’m sorry”? “I didn’t mean to”? “Forgive me, please”? Would it be better to say nothing at all? It’s a question that comes up whenever an accident turns truly tragic, when the unintentional actions of one person lead to devastating pain for others. Two highly charged values immediately collide.…

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