Michael on Media
Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.
He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.
American Fascism: That’s Entertainment!
“When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross”. So wrote (theoretically) Sinclair Lewis. It would seem he was wrong. When fascism came to America, it came wrapped in a Reality TV...
Read moreFake News… Or Is It?
Fake news is a problem. Everyone thinks so, even President Obama who decried it in Berlin yesterday (that is, if TVNewser is to be believed. Who knows?) To my mind, Fake News is not really a problem. It is...
Read moreThe Media Has To Own Donald Trump Now
I don’t have to recite the litany of his flaws and failings and sheer ignorance. That has all been well documented over the past year or two. And yet, it would seem, a majority or at least close to...
Read morePhotographers Move To Video
In a recent article in WITNESS , professional photographer Adrian Hadland discusses the state of the professional photography business. It is a profession under enormous pressure. The advent of digital photography, and smart phone cameras in particular have made ‘everyone’...
Read moreHow The 2016 Presidential Election Became A Reality Show
If the 2016 election seems to be more like a reality TV show than an election, it is for a simple reason: it is. I should know. I spent years producing reality TV, and this one is a ratings...
Read moreTime/Warner – ATT Deal and You
The possible (US Govt. Approval Pending) acqusition of Time’/Warner by ATT is indicative of what I would call the Third Generation of Television – the first being broadcast and the second cable. The Third Generation is going to be...
Read moreThe Problem of An Infinite Universe…and TV…
Not so long ago, and for that matter, for most of human history, we believed that we were alone. Alone in the universe, such as it was. Until Copernicus in 1519 put the sun at the center of the...
Read moreAnd Now… Trump TV
Now it all makes sense. Now we can see what this whole two-year election process was all about. It was never about the Presidency or the White House. It was about TrumpTV. CNBC reported today that Trump son-in-law, Jared...
Read moreA Look Into The Jobs Future
We are living in a period of masive change. I am reading AGE OF DISCOVERY by Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna. The sub-title of the book is “Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance”. And risks and...
Read moreThe End of the Professionals
Yesterday’s CNN poll had Donald Trump in the number one spot at 22%, and Dr. Ben Carson second at 11%. After that, the numbers pretty much drop off to next to nothing. The only interesting addition is Carly Fiorina’s...
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