I'm not going to defend private equity, but the article mentions only bad outcomes for services owned by private equity. To get a more complete picture, they should probably also see if there are problems with companies that aren't owned by private equity funds. And then look to see what the positive outcomes associated with both private equity owned and non-private equity owned.
Which is to say... these are anecdotes that warrant further investigation, but then ensure effort is required only for equity fund owned services by looking at the whole picture. If there are industry-wide problems and you focus your effort on private equity fund owned services and companies, you might miss an opportunity to improve the entire industry.
That being said... PE funds have a bad reputation for a reason. I would be surprised to find they're not the worst offenders.
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