BREAKING: Connie Shultz to discuss her controversial column in live blog chat at 11 a.m. today

Sorry for the short notice, but the Plain Dealer apparently realizes that they've got a controversy in which to get web traffic with.  They've announced that in fifteen minutes, Connie will discuss:

Connie Schultz will join us at 11 a.m. Thursday to talk about her Sunday column on newspapers getting credit and pay for their work.

She'll also discuss handling haters, writing about political issues while being a political figure herself, and other topics pertinent to Northeast Ohio readers at 11 a.m. Thursday on More to the Story. Log in at cleveland.com/news-videos to join the conversation.

Even though I linked to it without entering into a licensing agreement in which I paid money to the Plain Dealer to promote their event here, I will honor Connie's wishes and wait twenty-four hours from discussing anything she had to say there.

When I hear them promote this as her discussing "handling haters," I can't help but predict that they'll dismiss the criticism by focusing on Tim Russo and his grudge with the Brown campaign.  Unfortunately for them, I'm in 100% agreement with Tim on this, and I gave full-throated support for Brown over Hackett, support Hillary in the Presidential primaries, and have never had anything negative to say about Connie until this column.

Be sure to sign in and watch.  It should be interesting!  And come back on Friday for our discussion about Connie's response to the criticism!

P.S.-  Isn't the fact that she responding to the controversy of her printed column in a web video chat, and not her printed column, a concession that the printed medium of newspapers is already dead?