Bill Scher

Bill Scher
Born (1972-09-26) September 26, 1972
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation 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.

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.[5] In 2004, he became a regular commentator for Air America Radio's "The Majority Report"[6] hosted by Sam Seder and Janeane Garofalo. In 2006, he contributed a chapter to the book "Proud To Be Liberal"[7] and published his own book "Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: A Stay-and-Fight Strategy to Win Back America" (Rodale, 2006).[8]

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"[9] 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[10] and POLITICO Magazine.[11] He defended his position in an appearance on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell"[12] and later in a debate with Snowden's attorney Ben Wizner on MSNBC's "Up with Steve Kornacki."[13]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.poynter.org/news/mediawire/314109/garrett-graff-named-editor-of-politico-mag/
  2. ↑ http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/bill_scher/
  3. ↑ http://ourfuture.org/author/billscher
  4. ↑ Matt Lewis (journalist)
  5. ↑ http://tins.rklau.com/2003/10/washington-post-no-do-overs-in-sports.html
  6. ↑ The Majority Report
  7. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Proud-To-Liberal-Robert-Lasner/dp/0975251767
  8. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Wait-Dont-Canada-Stay---Fight/dp/1594863962
  9. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/opinion/sunday/how-liberals-win.html
  10. ↑ http://theweek.com/articles/463339/liberal-case-hightech-nsa-surveillance
  11. ↑ http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/the-liberal-case-for-the-nsa-107213.html
  12. ↑ http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/the-liberal-case-for-nsa-surveillance-33451075689
  13. ↑ http://www.msnbc.com/up/watch/edward-snowden-patriot-or-traitor-271594052001
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