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Wed May 21, 2025, 01:55 PM Wednesday

Aaron Parnas - CNN Is Selling Books While Democracy Burns

Just days after President Joe Biden was diagnosed with aggressive cancer, CNN went back to doing what corporate media does best: selling stories instead of telling the truth.

Not covering the brutal Medicaid and SNAP cuts threatening millions. Not reporting on ICE’s possible illegal deportations to war zones like South Sudan. Not pressing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem—who astonishingly seems unaware of what Habeas Corpus even is.

No. CNN’s priority was giving airtime to a book written by Jake Tapper and Axios’s Alex Thompson about Biden’s alleged mental decline. Yes, this is what they chose to spotlight—while democracy, policy, and people are burning.

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Now let’s be clear: This isn’t journalism. It’s propaganda.

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/cnn-is-selling-books-while-democracy

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