The following is an edited transcript of an interview between Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley and Wall Street Journal Editor-at-Large Gerard Baker on a Saturday edition of Morning Wire.
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The post-mortems of Donald Trump’s landslide presidential win have been painful not just for the Democrats but also for the legacy media, which spent so much of its cultural and reputational capital on trying to keep him out of office. With trust in the media at an all-time low, a growing number of outlets are announcing major shakeups and layoffs. Morning Wire sat down with the Wall Street Journal’s Gerard Baker to discuss what the legacy media has failed to learn from the Trump phenomenon and where it goes from here.
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JOHN: Joining us now is Gerard Baker, editor-at-large for the Wall Street Journal. Gerard, thank you so much for coming on, a real delight to talk with you.
GERARD: My pleasure. Thank you for having me.
JOHN: You recently wrote an Op-Ed that received a lot of…
