At one time the Amarillo Globe News was an excellent paper. It sold out and was totally destroyed as far as I was concerned.
I read the Albuquerque Journal and the El Paso Times for many years. Frank Feuille was the editor of the El Paso Times, great man. Not sure the condition of that paper now.
There was a time when the Dallas Morning News was a good paper, it is terrible now.
The automation/efficiency of the AP killed the newspapers.
They are totally brain dead now. Or worse, bought to project an agenda. Propaganda only.
Think of Google, Twitter and FakeBook as the AP on steroids. They say they do not provide “content,” yet they provide the only platform (it’s really not arguable) and censor content based on an agenda.
They are not free enterprise, nor free speech; together, they confound and corrupt the legal system by making opposing claims simultaneously. You could argue that the (monopolies) platforms are content-agnostic or you can argue the monopolies can “produce” or limit speech. You cannot reasonably argue both. These monopolies should have the same restrictions and liabilities as any other media company, or they should not be able to restrict or moderate speech beyond law.
The current operation of these monopolies, in concert with corrupt (or naive, if you prefer) political oversight, truly represents an existential threat to our way of life.