Welcome to the Daily Article podcast for Friday, April 8th, 2022.

I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article by Dr. Jim Denison.

Judge Kataji Brown Jackson has been confirmed as America's first black female Supreme Court justice.

Russia was suspended yesterday from the UN Human Rights Council.

Tiger Woods returned to the Masters as being called his greatest achievement.

Opening day for Major League Baseball was yesterday.

In the midst of such headline-making news,

why should you care that Elon Musk is now on the board of Twitter, where he recently

became the single largest shareholder? Less than one in four Americans even use Twitter,

and yet the Wall Street Journal calls Musk's engagement on

the social media site a hopeful moment for political speech and debate at America's increasingly

censorious tech giants. Axios columnist Jim Vanderhye explains, and I quote,

Right now, Twitter decides if former President Trump can post on its platform

and whether to delete a post about vaccines if it and most scientists deem the post misinformation.

In a decentralized web, you would decide if Trump appears on the Web3 equivalent of your Twitter feed

and set your own thresholds on vaccine information providers.

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In a day when Americans trust the Weather Channel, more than all other media organizations,

by a large margin, it is clear that media agendas are undermining trust in media.

As I hope to explain today, this issue is vital, not just for our news consumption,

but for the very future of our society.

Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott recently announced that Caitlin Jenner would be joining their organization as a contributor, stating, Caitlin's story is an inspiration to us all.

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