World’s most powerful are suing media outlets before stories are even published, says editor
Key takeaways
- Emma Tucker said legal action launched before a story had become public is a ‘massive challenge’.
- Prefer the Guardian on GooglePowerful figures are increasingly suing media outlets before they have even published a story, the editor of the Wall Street Journal has said.
- She said the tactic of suing newspapers before they had published a story had become an established PR strategy of the powerful amid greater distrust of the established media.
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Emma Tucker said legal action launched before a story had become public is a ‘massive challenge’. Photograph: Francesco Guidicini/Times Newspapers/PAView image in fullscreen Emma Tucker said legal action launched before a story had become public is a ‘massive challenge’. Photograph: Francesco Guidicini/Times Newspapers/PAMedia law World’s most powerful are suing media outlets before stories are even published, says editor Editor-in-chief of Wall Street Journal says those with deep pockets are launching legal challenges as a PR strategy
Prefer the Guardian on GooglePowerful figures are increasingly suing media outlets before they have even published a story, the editor of the Wall Street Journal has said.
Emma Tucker, whose title is being sued by Donald Trump over its reporting of his relationship with the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, said the act of reporting itself was now under threat from the use of lawfare.