Rosenblum blogs, avoids subtlety

To know Michael Rosenblum is to have an opinion. Michael’s supporters (and yes, disclosure, I am one) find him funny, engaging, insightful and fearless. Michael’s detractors find his vision of VJs (video journalists who report, shoot and edit) to be anti-journalism and only in support of cutting costs. But I like reading work that challenges my notions, and I know the LR Faithful do as well. Michael has started a blog, and it’s going to engender the same passion as when an opinion of his gets on one of the TV-related boards. (He’s the only guy I know that can crack three figures on a comments board with ease.) Michael goes deeper into history than you may think to find examples of those unwilling to adapt to new technology. Michael ties together threads from Edward III and the Battle of Crecy, Alexander Graham Bell, and Jacob Perkins, inventor of refrigeration. Rosey is not subtle. And I recognize by recommending his site I’ll see the same comments he sees. That’s cool. Debate is healthy. TV newsrooms are firing people every week. That’s the reality. That’s not the fault of technology, it’s the fault of people who don’t see the benefits of it and don’t adapt to it. And if you still think you disagree with everything he says, read this item on “breaking news.”