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World’s most powerful are suing media outlets before stories are even published, says editor

The Guardian - Media · Michael Savage Media editor · last updated

Editor-in-chief of Wall Street Journal says those with deep pockets launching legal challenges as a PR strategy

Powerful 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”.

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