If you look up the phrase “State Run Media” you will now find the logo of the Associated Press.

How sad.

The AP was founded back in 1846 by five New York newspapers in order to defray the costs of covering the Mexican-American War. (Or perhaps, given the state of the border we should call it the First Mexican-American War.) For generations after, the AP served as a venerated news wire delivering news to client newspapers and news outlets straight up.