The Colorado Sun: The PBS documentary “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink” is more than a story about struggling newspapers. It is a warning about what happens when financial interests dismantle institutions that help hold communities — and democracies — together.

The film argues that local newspapers were not simply weakened by technology and changing consumer habits but systematically hollowed out by investment firms focused on extracting profits rather than sustaining journalism.

For years, Americans assumed newspapers were disappearing because of the internet. “Stripped for Parts” highlights a more uncomfortable truth: Many newspapers did not merely decline — they were deliberately stripped down. Among the most prominent examples is Alden Global Capital, one of the nation’s largest newspaper owners. In city after city, newsrooms were reduced, investigative reporting was cut, buildings were sold and veteran journalists were laid off.

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