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Important Friday Night Update

Aaron Parnas Dec 26

Good evening everyone. What a week it has been, and what an unsettling moment we find ourselves living through. Over the past several days I have been reflecting deeply on something that I believe is not only happening right now, but accelerating. It is something many Americans feel instinctively but may not yet have fully named or understood. The constant chaos of the news cycle is no accident. It is a strategy. When information is overwhelming, when headlines are relentless, when outrage replaces understanding, people become confused. They scramble to figure out what is real, what matters, and what deserves their attention.

This tactic is often described as flooding the zone. When everything is urgent, nothing is. When every story screams for attention, the most important truths quietly slip away. I do not believe this has ever been clearer than it has been this week, especially as we now have major media companies self-censoring themselves to please the White House. Simply put: it terrifies me.

And this is where I want to pause for a moment, because it directly connects to why this conversation matters. I will never self censor my reporting, and I will never cave to pressure from the The White House or any administration. If a story is true and in the public interest, I will report it, regardless of how uncomfortable it makes people in power. That kind of journalism only survives when readers choose to support it, which is why subscribing and staying engaged truly matters. Independence is not a slogan. It is a choice that has to be backed every single day. Subscribe today if you can.

Just days ago, a deeply troubling revelation surfaced and then almost immediately began to vanish from mainstream discussion. CBS News made the decision to censor its own reporting. Let that sink in. A major American news organization chose to withhold information from the American public, not because it was unverified, not because it was inaccurate, but because it was uncomfortable.

The story involved conditions at CECOT, a massive detention facility that has become a symbol of extreme incarceration practices. The public was supposed to see a documentary that examined what is happening there. Instead, Americans were shielded from it. The documentary was completed. It existed. It simply was not shown to the audience it was meant for.

The only reason we even know about this act of self censorship is because the documentary aired outside of the United States, specifically in Canada. That fact alone should stop every journalist, every editor, and every citizen in their tracks. This is not how a free press operates. This is not how a healthy democracy functions.

Self censorship of this nature is something we associate with authoritarian regimes. It is what happens when power fears accountability and when institutions decide that the public cannot be trusted with the truth. It is not supposed to happen here. The idea that it did happen here should alarm every American, regardless of political affiliation.

And yet, instead of sustained coverage, instead of national outrage, the story is already fading. It is being replaced by the next breaking headline, the next manufactured controversy, the next distraction designed to keep us moving and never looking back.

At the same time, another story of enormous consequence is quietly being pushed aside. The Epstein files, which implicate systems of power and raise urgent questions about accountability, are increasingly being treated as old news. Coverage is being softened. Updates are becoming less frequent. Language is being diluted. As the holiday season approaches, many major media companies appear content to let the story slowly disappear.

This is not accidental either.

Modern media thrives on immediacy. It thrives on clicks, on urgency, on the constant promise of something new. Long term investigations are expensive. Sustained outrage is inconvenient. Justice takes time, and time does not trend well in a 24 hour news cycle. So stories like these are allowed to wither, not because they are resolved, but because they are no longer profitable.

As a journalist, this terrifies me.

It terrifies me because the consequences are real. When a major network can suppress its own reporting without national backlash, it sets a precedent. When stories about abuse, corruption, and exploitation are allowed to fade before accountability is achieved, it sends a clear message to those in power. Wait it out. The public will move on.

I refuse to move on.

When it comes to the Epstein files and the survivors whose lives were shattered, this is not just another headline. It is not seasonal content. It is not something to be conveniently forgotten once decorations go up and attention shifts elsewhere. My coverage is for the survivors. It is for those who were silenced, dismissed, or ignored for years. It is for those who were told that the truth was too uncomfortable to confront.

I will not stop covering this story. I will not stop asking questions. I will not stop demanding accountability. Justice does not expire, and it does not take holidays.

We are at a moment when Americans must decide what kind of country we want to be. One where truth is filtered and rationed, or one where it is confronted honestly, even when it is disturbing. One where media organizations act as gatekeepers for power, or one where they serve the public without fear.

This week has shown us how fragile that line has become. And if we are not paying attention now, we may wake up one day and realize it is gone.