News Matters

The deadly siege at the US Capitol is rooted in an ocean of anger and baseless conspiracy theories. And the vanishing of more than 2,000 newspapers across the country has led to vacuum of trusted information and an epidemic of misinformation. News Matters explores the roots of dangerous misinformation, complicated by the slow destruction of the Fourth Estate.News Matters follows the desperate attempt by Colorado journalists to save the 125-year-old Denver Post from certain death by vulture investor/owner Alden Global Capital, while trying to cut through the noise of social media and opinion news outlets. Chuck Plunkett captures national attention when he leads a revolt against The Denver Post's hedge fund owners, all while the newspaper industry crumbles and while journalists are being called the enemy of the people.The Denver Post is in crisis. Colorado's 125-year-old newspaper is being slowly killed off, not by the internet and the onslaught of free information. The Post is being kil