Not exactly. The majority of local news organizations don't have the resources to investigate and report on all the events happening throughout the world and so the international wire services like AP and Reuters fill this gap. However, this means the majority of national/international stories being reported by the downstream local newspapers and media outlets throughout the nation/world come from just a few big upstream sources, like AP and Reuters. A criticism of this model is regardless of how impartial the content of the upstream stories may be, the wire services effectively select what stories get reported -- what gets attention vs what gets omitted -- out of the sea of millions of possible stories happening throughout the world each day. This puts them in position to control our window to the world -- to influence what we do and don't see -- what we're made aware of -- and thus they are in position to shape the world's perspective.

Thank you, you explained it better than I could put into words. It still baffles me that "wire services" is even a thing or considered acceptable. shrug