Toby Burns In The Times
Anyone who watched Toby Burns perform at Staples knew he had a great future. Just a few years later, Toby — now “Tobias” — has earned his first review in the New York Times. Today’s review of...
View Article‘All The News Unfit To Print’
For a decade, as host of “Fox News Watch,” Eric Burns analyzed modern media. Now the Westporter is doing the same for media heroes like Ben Franklin, Sam Adams and Mark Twain. Just like today, he...
View ArticleLibrary Love
The Westport Library’s winter book sale starts this Saturday (March 13) and runs through Tuesday. Westport author and media critic Eric Burns is — like many Westporters — a huge Westport Library fan....
View ArticleResponding To Nazis
Jarret Liotta’s support of legislation banning public displays of the Nazi flag — spurred by an incident in Fairfield last December, and reported 2 days ago on “06880” — has drawn this passionate...
View ArticleMid-Strut
Some playwrights struggle for years to get 1 play read. Eric Burns is 2 for 2. And — struggling writers, don’t be jealous — he’s come late in life to his craft. Eric Burns Eric spent the bulk of his...
View ArticleEric Burns’ Mind Snatchers
Westport’s Eric Burns spent years on TV. He hosted Fox News Watch, served as a media analyst for the network, and was an Entertainment Tonight commentator. So his latest book — Invasion of the Mind...
View ArticleEric Burns: A Very Moving Story
Alert “06880” reader Eric Burns — prolific author, Fox News Watch media analyst for the network and Entertainment Tonight commentator and former Westporter — writes: I moved to Ridgefield after my...
View ArticleEric Burns Remembers 1920
Like Sam Cooke more than 50 years ago, most Americans today don’t know much about history. Eric Burns does. Eric Burns The longtime Westporter — an award-winning media analyst and former NBC News...
View ArticleAll Eric Burns, (Nearly) All The Time
It’s tough to counter-program against the Super Bowl pregame show. Then again, C-SPAN2’s audience is a bit different than the CBS’. Yesterday, the “BookTV” show aired a 3-hour interview with Eric...
View ArticleMid-Strut: Eric Burns’ Novel Story
You may know Eric Burns from his television work, as an award-winning media analyst. You may know him as a noted author on topics like American journalism, the history of alcohol and tobacco, and the...
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