{"id":280408,"date":"2024-01-21T09:06:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T09:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=280408"},"modified":"2024-01-23T08:04:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T08:04:31","slug":"wsj-editor-in-chief-tells-davos-elites-we-no-longer-own-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=280408","title":{"rendered":"WSJ Editor-in-Chief Tells Davos Elites \u2018We No Longer Own The News\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Steve Watson \u2013 modernity.news Jan 20, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>\u201cWe were the gatekeepers, and we very much owned the facts as well\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>During a discussion titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/events\/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024\/sessions\/defending-truth-battling-disinformation-for-information-integrity\/\">\u2018Defending Truth,\u2019<\/a> The editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal admitted to Davos elites that the legacy media no longer \u2018own the facts\u2019 and people are much more likely to question what they report as truth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emma Tucker told a crowd at the World Economic Forum, \u201cI think there\u2019s a very specific challenge for the legacy brands, like the New York Times and like the Wall Street Journal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cIf you go back really not that long ago, as I say, we owned the news. We were the gatekeepers, and we very much owned the facts as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it said it in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, then that was a fact,\u201d Tucker further stated, adding \u201cNowadays, people can go to all sorts of different sources for the news and they\u2019re much more questioning about what we\u2019re saying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At a discussion titled &#39;Defending Truth,&#39; the WSJ editor-in-chief admitted to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Davos2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Davos2024<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldEconomicForum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldEconomicForum<\/a> elites that the legacy media no longer &#39;own the news&#39;, lamenting &quot;We were the gatekeepers, and we very much owned the facts as well.&quot; Report here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FO3ASOIyuM\">https:\/\/t.co\/FO3ASOIyuM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ukZKP4esNs\">pic.twitter.com\/ukZKP4esNs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; m o d e r n i t y (@ModernityNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ModernityNews\/status\/1748366347036176592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During the same discussion, V\u011bra Jourov\u00e1, Vice-President of the European Commission, complained about the rise of \u2018disinformation\u2019 being a \u201csecurity threat,\u201d noting \u201cIt was part of the Russian military doctrine that they will start information war, and we are in it now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisinformation is a very powerful tool,\u201d Jourov\u00e1 continued, adding that \u201cIn the EU we are focusing on improving of the system where the people will get the facts right. We don\u2019t speak about opinions. We are not correcting anyone\u2019s opinions or language. This is about the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VP of the EU at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Davos2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Davos2024<\/a> on &#39;disinformation&#39;: &quot;We are focusing on improving the system where the people will get the facts right&#8230;We are not correcting anyone&#39;s opinions or language. This is about the facts.&quot; Whose facts? Report: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FO3ASOIyuM\">https:\/\/t.co\/FO3ASOIyuM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nZGMQ9SH23\">pic.twitter.com\/nZGMQ9SH23<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; m o d e r n i t y (@ModernityNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ModernityNews\/status\/1748365999991091602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the full discussion:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full discussion: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldEconomicForum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldEconomicForum<\/a> panel at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Davos2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Davos2024<\/a> talks about &#39;Defending Truth&#39; with EU VP saying they wish to control &quot;the facts,&quot; in the &quot;information war,&quot; and the WSJ editor-in-chief lamenting that they &#39;no longer own the facts&#39;. Report here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FO3ASOIyuM\">https:\/\/t.co\/FO3ASOIyuM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zabZtj5ALL\">pic.twitter.com\/zabZtj5ALL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; m o d e r n i t y (@ModernityNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ModernityNews\/status\/1748366615446479112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As we highlighted earlier in the week, Jourov\u00e1 has spent her Davos time meeting the heads of the likes of YouTube and Meta and ensuring they \u201cplay by the rules,\u201d while her boss, Ursula von der Leyen called for overarching\u00a0globalist control over the flow of all information in the digital age.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LxTzWOzabf\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/modernity.news\/2024\/01\/17\/video-eu-president-calls-for-globalist-control-over-all-information\/\">Video: EU President Calls For Globalist Control Over All Information<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" title=\"\u201cVideo: EU President Calls For Globalist Control Over All Information\u201d \u2014 modernity\" src=\"https:\/\/modernity.news\/2024\/01\/17\/video-eu-president-calls-for-globalist-control-over-all-information\/embed\/#?secret=LxTzWOzabf\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" data-secret=\"LxTzWOzabf\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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