Chris Daly

Twenty years as a journalist (WashPost, the AP) and now 20+ years as a professor at BU. Prize-winning author of "Covering America," a history of US journalism.

[Chris Daly @profdaly]

Dear followers:
After 14 years on Twitter, I am outta here. Please follow me on Threads. Find me at profdaly. See ya round!

[Chris Daly @profdaly]

@NYTimesPR @SopanDeb Congrats!

[Chris Daly @profdaly]

History keeps happening.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

While still serving as President, Richard Nixon was secretly named an unindicted co-conspirator by same federal grand jury that indicted seven of his aides for Watergate conspiracy:

[Chris Daly @profdaly]

Here's another reason (as if you needed one) to leave this platform. See ya on Threads.
https://t.co/cUEwrowNaO

[Eve Zuckoff @evezuckoff]

I've been looking for the words for the last few days. They haven't come, but it's time. My name is on three National Edward R. Murrow Awards this year.

In Breaking News, we won for covering what happened when migrants were flown to Martha's Vineyard.

[Chris Daly @profdaly]

So long, it’s been good to know ya!
Elon Musk has ruined Twitter, so I a finally leaving.
Please follow me on Threads at “profdaly.”
Many thanks!

[Chris Daly @profdaly]

From today's NYT:
"Legal fees for Mr. De Oliveira, Mr. Nauta and other Trump employees who have become witnesses or defendants in the documents case are being paid by a political action committee affiliated with Mr. Trump."

Is this really what PAC funds should be going for?

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

He was already utterly disqualified every conceivable respect, but this is the icing on the crazy cake.

[Jacqueline Alemany @JaxAlemany]

“That included $1.9 million to pay the U.S. Marshals Service to protect Mr. Smith, his family and other investigators who have faced threats after the former president and his allies singled them out on social media.” https://t.co/8NagqjXplq

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Being tried for his role in January 6 is not an imposition on Trump. On the contrary, it is his right to be tried. In a country without the rule of law, you don't get a trial when your coup fails.

[Chris Daly @profdaly]

What a moron!
(Reminds me of re-branding like Meta, Alphabet, and Max. What is wrong w these people???

[Dan Kennedy @dankennedy_nu]

Twitter enters the witness protection program. https://t.co/pwCPdrT9AD

[Kurt Andersen @KBAndersen]

In 2021 DeSantis decided he and his government wouldn’t push Floridians to get vaccinated. As a result, the state’s death rate that summer shot up much higher than the U.S. average, and 16,000 Floridians needlessly died due to his anti-vax posturing. 1/2 https://t.co/hiVhSltZ8B

[Chris Daly @profdaly]

via @NYTimes Leaner? By necessity. Meaner? Impossible! https://t.co/QpXGGtuqQj

[Decoding Fox News @DecodingFoxNews]

If there was ever a time I wanted people to retweet something - A vaccine specialist, Dr. Paul Offit, spells out how RFK Jr. played a role in discouraging vaccination rates in a small population. A measles outbreak followed which resulted in 83 deaths mostly of young children.

[Donna Brazile @donnabrazile]

As a descendant of American slaves, my family did not benefit from being shackled, raped, beaten & forced into labor. It took a civil war and a movement for civil rights to enable us to come from under the inhumane treatment of slavery. We won’t go back.

#Freedom
#Equality

[Kurt Andersen @KBAndersen]

Good moment to be a Democratic candidate?

• 2020 violent crime surge subsides, murders down 9% in 2023
• fewest unauthorized border crossings in 2 years
Since 2021:
• inflation 3%, down from 7%
• unemployment 3.6%, down from 6.3%
• stocks up 13.5%
• covid deaths down 96%

[David Abel @davabel]

US plans water heater standards, says they will save consumers $11 billion

https://t.co/lZxNR8cuIK

[Steve Schmidt @SteveSchmidtSES]

"These people are nuts and frauds, and they have well-earned the contempt of millions of Americans who see them as such. They are appalling people. It is no surprise that Donald Trump loves them back."

Donald Trump's ridiculous answer to a question about his faith once again showcases how he is the greatest con man in American history: https://t.co/XSJDL5Eqyv