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The Real Ed Henry

06/15/2010 by Jim Naureckas

NPR's Brooke Gladstone (On the Media, 6/11/10) interviewed CNN's Ed Henry about the squirt-gun party at the vice president's mansion that Henry giddily tweeted about:

BROOKE GLADSTONE: If these events don't influence coverage, why do you think the White House throws them? Do they just want to shoot you with a super-soaker?

ED HENRY: Maybe they wanna actually get to know us as people sometimes.


And Glenn Greenwald (Salon, 2/15/10) comments:

Marc Ambinder disclosed that it was the DNC that paid for the party.  But Ed Henry thinks that they do that because Rahm Emanuel and Joe Biden and the other White House officials just decided they wanted an opportunity to get to know Ed and Wolf and the other members of the media just a little bit better as people.  They want to get behind the facade of the grizzly, ornery reporter and get in touch with the Real Ed, the Human Being.  That's how CNN's senior White House correspondent thinks.

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7 Responses to “The Real Ed Henry”

  1. The Real Ed Henry - Fox News Watchdog Says:
    June 15th, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    [...] The Real Ed Henry [...]

  2. James "Rolin" Stone Says:
    June 18th, 2010 at 9:37 pm

    We need a "5th Estate" now to inform the terribly sad depth of delusion that has become the "4th Estate".

  3. watermia Says:
    June 19th, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    Isn't FAIR the 5th Estate?

  4. bilho Says:
    June 22nd, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    I heard that Ed Henry was sort of worried about his weight, mainly, as far as his tv job went. So maybe any chance at exercise sounds good to him. But of course he is a part of the corporation-media-government thing. Thanks for keeping us notified, FAIR folk.

  5. FAIR Blog » Blog Archive » The Press Plays Water Guns With the Bidens (Again) Says:
    June 14th, 2011 at 4:30 pm

    [...] Like last year, maybe some of the reporters involved find it valuable for the people they cover to get to know them on a more personal level, away from all the tough questions and dogged investigations. [...]

  6. The Press Plays Water Guns With the Bidens (Again) - Fox News Watchdog Says:
    June 14th, 2011 at 8:00 pm

    [...] Like last year, maybe some of the reporters involved find it valuable for the people they cover to get to know them on a more personal level, away from all the tough questions and dogged investigations. [...]

  7. The Press Plays Water Guns With the Bidens (Again) « RichCulbertson.com Says:
    June 16th, 2011 at 10:47 am

    [...] Like last year, maybe some of the reporters involved find it valuable for the people they cover to get to know them on a more personal level, away from all the tough questions and dogged investigations. [...]

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