The Wall Street Journal's Dirty Little Secret
From The Paul Truesdell Podcast by Paul Grant Truesdell, JD., AIF, CLU, ChFC
March 9, 2026 · 10 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the comment sections of The Wall Street Journal and their tendency to attract negative commentary about President Trump.
The Wall Street Journal's Dirty Little Secret Let me be perfectly clear about something. I rarely read comment sections. Life is too short, and my time is too valuable. But this morning, I made an exception. The Wall Street Journal ran a piece about President Trump. He likes a particular brand of dress shoes. He buys them out of his own pocket and gives them to people. As gifts. Because he's generous and he found something he likes. I personally favor Stacy Adams — good fit, fine construction — and I own most of the brands mentioned in the article. So I read it. It was a pleasant, harmless little piece showing the human side of a man the media has spent nearly a decade trying to dehumanize. Now here is where it gets interesting. You need to understand something about how the Wall Street Journal manages its comment sections — because there is a pattern, and it is not subtle once you see it. Not every article at the Journal allows comments. Many do not. But the ones that *do* allow comments? Pay attention. The articles that tend to attract comment sections are the ones that *mock* President Trump, *criticize* President Trump, or otherwise provide red meat for the Trump Derangement…
People in this episode
Host: Paul Grant Truesdell, JD., AIF, CLU, ChFC
Topics covered
- media criticism
- comment sections
- President Trump
- public perception
- journalism
Keywords
- Wall Street Journal
- comment sections
- Trump Derangement Syndrome
- media
- journalism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Wall Street Journal
Products: Stacy Adams
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