Bill Scher
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Bill Scher | |
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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | September 26, 1972
Occupation | Writer, Television Host |
Years active | 2002—present |
Bill Scher (born September 26, 1972) is an American pundit and political analyst. He is a Contributing Editor to POLITICO Magazine,[1] and a contributor to RealClearPolitics.[2] He also co-hosts "The DMZ," an online TV show with conservative pundit Matt Lewis on Bloggingheads.tv. Scher is an alumnus of Oberlin College.[3]
Early career[]
Bill Scher founded LiberalOasis.com in 2002.[citation needed] In 2004, he became a regular commentator for Air America Radio's The Majority Report hosted by Sam Seder and Janeane Garofalo.[citation needed] In 2006, he contributed a chapter to the book Proud To Be Liberal[4] and published his own book Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: A Stay-and-Fight Strategy to Win Back America (Rodale, 2006).[5] He later became an editor and writer for the Campaign for America's Future website OurFuture.org.[6]
Positions[]
Scher has been known to take positions that are controversial within liberal circles. In 2012, he published an op-ed in The New York Times titled "How Liberals Win"[7] 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 a liberal perspective in essays for The Week[8] and POLITICO Magazine.[9] He defended his position in an appearance on MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell[10] and later in a debate with Snowden's attorney Ben Wizner on MSNBC's Up with Steve Kornacki.[11] He wrote articles critical of Bernie Sanders throughout the 2016 presidential primaries.[12][13]
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.
- ^ "Bloggingheads.tv". bloggingheads.tv. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Clementson, Elizabeth; Lasner, Robert (2006). Proud To Be Liberal: Robert Lasner, Elizabeth Clementson: 9780975251768: Amazon.com: Books. ISBN 0975251767.
- ^ results, search; Garofalo, Janeane; Seder, Sam (19 September 2006). Wait! Don't Move to Canada: A Stay-and-Fight Strategy to Win Back America. Rodale Books. ISBN 1594863962.
- ^ "Bill Scher". ourfuture.org. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "How Liberals Win". The New York Times. 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.
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Oberlin College alumni
- American political journalists
- American political commentators
- American bloggers
- 21st-century American journalists
- American male journalists
- Journalists from New York City
- American male bloggers
- Politico people