# April 1, 2026 — Science Is Not Media

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Podcast: [The DISRUPTED SCIENCE Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-disrupted-science-podcast-7410053)
Published: 2026-04-01T18:16:09+00:00
Episode link: https://disruptedscience.podbean.com/e/april-1-2026-%e2%80%94-science-is-not-media/
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## Resource

Technology and media have become entangled and confused, so much so that the free speech of “no, thanks, not for us” is now called “censorship” and discussing public officials or people on the public payroll in accountable roles is being equated to “doxxing.” Meanwhile, it’s becoming clearer AI isn’t about knowledge, it’s about power. Media manipulation is what tech has become all about — from social media to AI. President Trump has been a media manipulator since the beginning: John Barron, John Miller, David Dennison as his fake personas to plant stories National Enquirer “catch and kill” stories (Stormy Daniels) Ghost-authored Art of the Deal The Apprentice First Twitter President First TikTok President Truth Social Which brings us to the new President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), which is mostly a who’s who of media manipulators masquerading as technologists: Marc Andreessen — VC, on Meta board Sergey Brin — Alphabet, in the Epstein files (island, Ghislaine) Safra Catz — Oracle Larry Ellison — Oracle Michael Dell — Dell Jacob DeWitte — Oklo Investors (nuclear power) Fred Ehrsam — Coinbase David Friedberg — Investor (sold business to Monsanto) Jensen Huang — NVIDIA John Martinis — quantum physicist, UCSB, 2025 Nobel Prize Bob Mumgaard — fusion energy Lisa Su — AMD (on Biden’s PCAST before) Mark Zuckerberg — Meta These CEOs have a combined wealth in excess of US$900 billion. Overall, it looks like a group formed to deliver the Singularity and realize Adam Becker’s worst nightmare — nuclear power, fusion, compute, AI, and techno-authoritarianism. How are these people being propped up? “CEO Said a Thing!” journalism: https://karlbode.com/ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/ Attention economy conceits: https://www.altmetric.com/solutions/altmetric-att…

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