Movie

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

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7.72average critics score, out of 1020241h 28m

Documentary

Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is quietly gobbling up newspapers across the country and gutting them, but no one knows why--until journalist Julie Reynolds begins to investigate. Her findings trigger rebellions across the country by journalists working at Alden-owned newspapers. Backed by the NewsGuild union, the newsmen and women go toe-to-toe with their "vulture capitalist" owners in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism in America. Who will control the future of America's news ecosystem: Wall Street billionaires concerned only with profit, or those who see journalism as an essential public service, the lifeblood of our democracy?

Directed by:

Rick Goldsmith