i feel like there's nothing brian stelter would turn down as a job.-mail reply is "i'll take it." i hate to go for the -- did you know this is the first time that he's ever been on a summit? >> greg: oh really? >> yeah. he's more of a gutter guy. um, by the way, i'm looking at him -- i'm just saying top of the thank you. >> top of the mountain. usually hangs at the bottom. the summit. >> thank you, i didn't need that. i hate to make fun. you know what they say the camera adds 10 chins so -- can i do one more? i think it was a misunderstanding. i don't think he wanted to host this thing. the e-mail said, do you want to host? and he thought cupcake. i was at a bar one time. i asked for stelter water. they brought me a pint of blue cheese. >> greg: it gets better. he's got to get through the awful one and then -- he starts off with an awful one. second one is better. then he ends with the best one. did you get through them all? >> i think that's everything. right at the bottom it says, keep going. that's funny. >> greg: we never get invited to this stuff

and that includes former cnn fake news host humpty dumpty, brian stelter.ed a panel on , quote, misinformation. now, to be fair, humpty does know a lot about misinformation and spreading it because he did it almost daily at fake news cnn. >> take a look. the term fake news and then disinformation. it was popularized six years go at this point. where are we today versus them? what do you mean where are we today? >> so this was a hot, popular topic. there was an awakening about it. the social networks felt pressure, but now where are we? and the same question for. but where are we today? oh, i yeah, it's a great you know, and to be clear, actually , terms like fake news and i mean enemies of the people have been popularized cyclically in society and in some of the most, you know, you know, repressive and dangerous moments. >> one participant even went all in on the need for banning more speech. even joe manchin appeared to be hostile to the first amendment, unfortunately. now, the even bigger question is , what is the world economic forum's real agenda? their

attendees got to see a rare glimpse the brian stelter moderating a conversation on what he knows bestsinformation they say misinfo is a clear and present danger to the world and politics. and this time he's right. disinformation campaigns have a very real toll on our democracy. one of those campaigns was so strong it got joe biden elected president. and for that, we can thank 51 intelligence agents who signed that bogus letter which they now admit was bogus. one guy who signed the letter, douglas wise, just confirmed that for us. saying, quote: all of us figured that a significant portion of that content had to be real, closed quote. well, did that was true at the time, nobody told the media. >> the u.s. authority are seeing if those emails we just talked about are connected to an ongoing russian disinformation effort. >> it is so obviously a russian operation. >> hunter biden, this laptop that intelligence officials have warned is likely russian disinformation. when he is also then relying on russian disinformation wandered through the "new york post" you get a sense of somebody who

i'm brian stelter formerly of cnn.oes this discussion of disinformation relate to everything else happening here today in davos? >> i think if you look at this question of disinformation, i think it maps basically to every other major challenge that we are grappling with as a society and particularly the most existential among them when we make mistakes we acknowledge them in public and we correct them. >> jesse: we do? did davos disinformation duo slap gore with pinocchios for his rain bomb tirade? they didn't pull gore aside and tell him you know what? al-there is no such thing as a boiling ocean. these are the people said hunter's laptop was a hoax and russian collusion was real. the diveebs of davos can get away with making up anything and the media will verify it. >> we're here today to share the findings of the world economic forums the most striking finding that we found is that 93% of cyber leaders and 86% of business leaders believe that the geopolitical instability makes a catastrophic cyber event likely in t

i'm brian stelter. zer,formerly of cnn, now a fellw at harvard university. a reminder that the hashtag t is weap. world twenty three . we canto m try to put some realt information out into the worldep to make up for all the crazy make up for the crazy. a >> the conclusion this year at the world economic forum is thel people who are not at the world economic forum have too much free speech, too many bad ideas, too much crazy and too much opportunity to talk. they're stilg oul talking out their stop them before they talk smart. >> sf you'reo if you're getting the impression that the world's most mediocre people and leastl self-aware people are all congregating in switzerland,thi. this week, you are on toh gettin something. in fact, it mighg ant be worthis getting an attendee list just po to make certain that not a single person who was there this wees week ek ever has power you in any way. >> if one of these people showsa up supervising the bake sale at your kid's school called the police, they're not qualified. so with that in mind, itit was s interesting to