Bill Scher
Bill Scher | |
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| Born | September 26, 1972 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Television Host |
| Years active | 2002—present |
Bill Scher (born September 26, 1972) is a liberal pundit and political analyst. He is a Contributing Editor to POLITICO Magazine,[1] contributor to Real Clear Politics[2] and Senior Writer at Campaign for America's Future.[3] He also co-hosts "The DMZ," an online TV show with conservative pundit Matt Lewis[4] on Bloggingheads.tv. Scher is an alumnus of Oberlin College.[5]
Early career
Bill Scher was one of the first liberal political bloggers, founding LiberalOasis.com in 2002. LiberalOasis was the first blog to conduct a formal interview with a presidential candidate.[6] In 2004, he became a regular commentator for Air America Radio's "The Majority Report"[7] hosted by Sam Seder and Janeane Garofalo. In 2006, he contributed a chapter to the book "Proud To Be Liberal"[8] and published his own book "Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: A Stay-and-Fight Strategy to Win Back America" (Rodale, 2006).[9]
Political Positions
Bill Scher has been known to take positions that are controversial within liberal circles. In 2012, he published a New York Times oped titled "How Liberals Win"[10] which argued that liberals should treat "corporate power as a force to bargain with, not an enemy to vanquish." After the Edward Snowden leaks, he defended the record of the National Security Agency from the liberal perspective in essays for The Week[11] and POLITICO Magazine.[12] He defended his position in an appearance on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell"[13] and later in a debate with Snowden's attorney Ben Wizner on MSNBC's "Up with Steve Kornacki."[14] He wrote articles disparaging Bernie Sanders throughout the 2016 presidential primaries.[15][16]
References
- ^ "Garrett Graff named editor of Politico Mag – Poynter". poynter.org. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "Bill Scher | Author | RealClearPolitics". realclearpolitics.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "Bill Scher". ourfuture.org. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ Matt Lewis (journalist)
- ^ http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/44293
- ^ "tins ::: Rick Klau's weblog: Washington Post: No Do-Overs in Sports!". tins.rklau.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ The Majority Report
- ^ "Proud To Be Liberal: Robert Lasner, Elizabeth Clementson: 9780975251768: Amazon.com: Books". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Wait-Dont-Canada-Stay---Fight/dp/1594863962
- ^ "The New York Times". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "The liberal case for high-tech NSA surveillance". theweek.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "The Liberal Case for the NSA - POLITICO Magazine". politico.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "The liberal case for NSA surveillance | MSNBC". msnbc.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "Edward Snowden: Patriot or traitor? | MSNBC". msnbc.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "Bernie's Failed Revolution: How Sanders Fell Short of Changing the Democratic Party - POLITICO Magazine". politico.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
- ^ "Is Sanders 2016 Becoming Nader 2000? How Bernie Could Cost Hillary the Election - POLITICO Magazine". politico.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.