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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

Daniel Henninger on Journalism and the End of ‘Wonder Land’

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Paul Gigot sits down with the Wall Street Journal Opinion’s Daniel Henninger, who recently published his final ‘Wonder Land’ column. The two discuss how covering news and culture has changed over time, the polarizing nature of today’s media from all political sides, and what Henninger hoped readers would draw from his weekly column.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Americans love using their credit cards, the most secure and hassle-free way to pay.

0:04.0

But DC politicians want to change that with the Durban Marshall Credit Card Bill.

0:08.0

This bill lets corporate megastores pick how your credit card is processed,

0:13.0

allowing them to use untested payment networks that jeopardize your data security and rewards.

0:18.0

Corporate megastores will make more money and you pay the price.

0:22.0

Tell Congress to guard your card because Americans lose when politicians choose. Learn more at

0:28.0

guard.com.

0:32.6

From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:38.5

The Wall Street Journal columnist Dan Henninger stepping down from his weekly Wonderland

0:43.4

column for the journal after more than 23 years. Dan has worked at the journal for more than

0:48.8

50 years in a variety of jobs. Going back to the 1970s, arts editor, ran the editorials, features editor running

0:57.2

the op-eds, deputy editorial page editor and columnist. He's learned a few things along the way

1:03.0

about his craft and about America, and that's our subject for today's Potomac Watch podcast.

1:09.0

Welcome, I'm Paul as you go, editor of the editorial pages and Dan's

1:13.0

colleague for low these many years. Welcome, Dan. Good to be with you. Thanks for doing this.

1:17.7

So you announced last Thursday. It was your last column. What kind of reception did you get?

1:23.1

The reception has been pretty remarkable, Paul, I have to say, mainly from the Wall Street

1:29.1

Journal's readership. I put a little email address at the end of my column every week. It's not

1:34.2

my personal email address. It's a folder inside the Wall Street Journal. And I have received

1:40.3

hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of emails from readers.

1:45.0

And many of whom, I haven't read through all of them yet, I intend to try to respond.

1:50.0

It's hard to respond to hundreds of votes like that.

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