American Journalism on the Brink
Tag: review
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48hills — Screen Grabs: Stripped for Part Review
Rick Goldsmith’s Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink offers a sobering overview of how “vulture capitalism” has reduced US news media—which had already been embattled by the internet and other factors for years—to a rapidly-shrinking, monopolistic shell of itself.
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COUNTERPUNCH — American Journalism on the Brink
In the Bill of Rights, there is only one private industry singled out for protection by the federal government: The press. Yet, despite being enshrined in the First Amendment and being “a vibrant part of American life since the beginning of the republic,” in the 21st century “2,000 newspapers have disappeared, along with 60% of working…
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Bay City News — Pass The Remote: ‘Stripped For Parts’
Also notable is an upcoming East Bay screening of award-winning filmmaker Rick Goldsmith’s “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink,” an essential, enlightening and damning look at the clandestine activities of a New York-based hedge fund that owns Bay Area newspapers (among many) throughout the nation. Goldsmith lays out how Alden Global Capital gobbled…
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The Record North Shore — The future of local news the hot topic at Record film screening
The Record North Shore and its supporters together embraced the current state of local news last week during a screening of the documentary “Stripped For Parts: American Journalism on the Brink.”
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The Indian Panorama — Current Documentary Films Listing includes Stripped for Parts
Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink was included in The Indian Panorama’s listing of current documentary films amongst other impactful films such as Black Box Diaries.
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One United Lancaster — Filmmaker, panelists explore local journalism’s challenges, prospects
“I love journalists,” Rick Goldsmith told his audience at the Ware Center. Goldsmith has been making films about reporters and newspapers since the beginning of his career. Two have been nominated for Academy Awards: “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” and “Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and…
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People’s World – ‘Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink’ blasts hedge fund ownership
Two-time Academy Award-nominated film director Rick Goldsmith has completed his trilogy on the American press with his latest film, the explosive exposé Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink.
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The Moveable Fest – Rick Goldsmith on Reporting the Resistance
The director discusses the unfolding crisis for democracy as hedge funds buy news outlets with little regard for the reporting they produce.
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Inside The Arthouse – Episode 104: Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink
This week on INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, we speak with two time Academy Award nominee, Rick Goldsmith, to discuss his new film STRIPPED FOR PARTS: AMERICAN JOURNALISM ON THE BRINK.
STRIPPED FOR PARTS 