See also last week's Economist article "Decapitating America’s state-funded media" [1] :<p>"To those who rely on the American news agencies, it all seemed dismally familiar. In Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary or Russia, the sequence is routine. An independent news outlet is taken over by allies of an oligarch or political party. The editors resign or are fired. Next comes an abrupt shift to a government-friendly editorial line. Can the same happen in America?"<p>[1] <a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/06/27/decapitating-americas-state-funded-media" rel="nofollow">https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/06/27/decapitat...</a>