“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…
Details“Hyping storms is really risky business” , Newsday, September 5, 2010 This danger, of course, is getting too complacent. No, not from the holiday. Complacency is what these three-day weekends are about — especially this one, heralding, as it does, the de-facto end of summer, even with all this rain. The danger comes from Exaggerated Earl,…
DetailsIt’s been a long hot summer, but now it’s time for the NFL regular season to get underway. If you haven’t read it yet, now would be a great time to pick up a copy of Home Team: Coaching the Saints and New Orleans Back to Life by Ellis Henican and Sean Payton. The New Orleans Saints…
DetailsEllis 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 21, 2010 edition of Fox News Watch, the talk began with the media’s coverage of the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’. Ellis, who lives…
Details“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…
Details“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…
DetailsWhat 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.…
DetailsEllis 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 10, 2010 edition of Fox News Watch, the panel discussed the media’s coverage of the Department of Justice decision…
Details“They’re not the spies of old” Ellis Henican Column, amNewYork, July 9, 2010 OK, here’s the deal I would have struck: We send the Russians their 10 spies back. They send us imprisoned scientist Igor Sutyagin—plus nine Russian gymnasts. You can’t say we don’t need the help at the 2012 Summer Games! After their guilty…
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In a funny, informative, and enlightening interview, Ellis Henican tells Mark Viviano – on the Fan- some never-before-heard stories about writing Home Team, about working on the book with Sean Payton, and about some of the controversial things that make this book such a fascinating read.
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