“I read some time ago that the national television news got their stories and opinions from the New York Times.”
That was particularly the case when America had three networks and they were all based out of New York City.
That prompted Barry Goldwater’s remark that we should cut the eastern seaboard free from America and tow it out to sea.
Maybe others have already used this but we are ruled by the New York/Washington axis. New York is the financial/media center and Washington is the center of government.