2007 Video of Klaus Schwab Was Not Filmed With a Hidden Camera
The Claim
The video depicts World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab caught by a hidden camera talking about the forum’s stakeholders and saying: “We had them all in our bags.”
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Facebook and Twitter users have recently circulated a video claiming that it depicts the World Economic Forum founder filmed by a hidden camera while talking about the forum’s stakeholders, saying: “We had them all in our bags.”
A tweet with hundreds of reactions reads: “Great Reset Creator had no idea that he was filmed with a hidden button camera and boasts about the puppets he has in the Davos Mafia bag: ‘We have them all in our bags, politicians, media and especially the experts and scientists.’”
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar has investigated the circulating claim and found it to be misleading.
Klaus Schwab 2007 Video
The video shows Klaus Schwab as he said: “If I look at our stakeholders, we have a business of course as a very important audience, and we have politics, we have continuous partnerships with many governments around the world, and of course we have NGOs, we have trade unions, we have all those different paths... media of course…”
Using Google Reverse Image, we found that the video is old. It was uploaded to YouTube in July 2007 and was not filmed using a hidden camera. The circulating clip is a part of the interview, which is available on the forum’s YouTube channel.
At the beginning of the interview, Klaus Schwab greeted the interviewer, French entrepreneur Loïc Le Meur, who asked him about stakeholders with whom they collaborate. The WEF founder listed the forum’s stakeholders.
World Economic Forum Misinformation
World Economic Forum and its annual meeting in the ski town of Davos was the subject of many claims and conspiracy theories recently, which impacted the forum’s public image. Our team has debunked several claims targeting the WEF following campaigns of criticism. Many social media users claim the WEF has its own police forces, which is false. Others have circulated a commercial falsely attributed to the forum in addition to fake tweets and unverified allegations.
According to our blog on the WEF misinformation, “the criticism of the WEF, coupled with the surge in misinformation campaigns, have forced the Organisation to try and fix its public image problem.” The blog adds: “If this is not done soon, trust in the organization will begin to dwindle, which would affect their impact and who chooses to associate with them in the future.”
