Whatever they say is what the Deep state wants you to think
It's far worse than that and obviously not just the WSJ. Whenever I see a story that references "anonymous sources" not only do I wonder what the source's agenda must really be, but that it is also very convenient for the reporter/journalist to simply invent a story - or tell a knowingly false story - and hide the deception under the guise of trying to protect a source. The journalists now go "source shopping" to find one who says what the journo wants to print and then hides everything about the source and everyone's motives.
It's not just what they want you think, its what they want you not to think, too.