Bill Scher

Bill Scher (born September 26, 1972) is an American pundit and liberal political analyst. He is the Politics Editor for the Washington Monthly. He also 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 YouTube. Scher is an alumnus of Oberlin College.

Bill Scher
Born (1972-09-26) September 26, 1972
Alma materOberlin College
Occupation(s)Writer, Television Host
Years active2002—present

Early career

Bill Scher founded LiberalOasis.com in 2002. In 2004, he became a regular commentator for Air America Radio's The Majority Report hosted by Sam Seder and Janeane Garofalo. In 2006, he contributed a chapter to the book Proud To Be Liberal[3] and published his own book Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: A Stay-and-Fight Strategy to Win Back America (Rodale, 2006).[4] He later became an editor and writer for the Campaign for America's Future website OurFuture.org.[5]

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"[6] 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[7] and POLITICO Magazine.[8] He defended his position in an appearance on MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell[9] and later in a debate with Snowden's attorney Ben Wizner on MSNBC's Up with Steve Kornacki.[10] He wrote articles critical of Bernie Sanders throughout the 2016 presidential primaries.[11][12]

References

  1. "Garrett Graff named editor of Politico Mag – Poynter". poynter.org. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  2. "Bill Scher | Author | RealClearPolitics". realclearpolitics.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  3. Clementson, Elizabeth; Lasner, Robert (2006). Proud To Be Liberal: Robert Lasner, Elizabeth Clementson: 9780975251768: Amazon.com: Books. Ig Pub. ISBN 0975251767.
  4. 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.
  5. "Bill Scher". ourfuture.org. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  6. Scher, Bill (30 June 2012). "How Liberals Win". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  7. "The liberal case for high-tech NSA surveillance". theweek.com. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  8. "The Liberal Case for the NSA - POLITICO Magazine". politico.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  9. "The liberal case for NSA surveillance | MSNBC". msnbc.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  10. "Edward Snowden: Patriot or traitor? | MSNBC". msnbc.com. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  11. "Bernie's Failed Revolution: How Sanders Fell Short of Changing the Democratic Party - POLITICO Magazine". politico.com. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  12. "Is Sanders 2016 Becoming Nader 2000? How Bernie Could Cost Hillary the Election - POLITICO Magazine". politico.com. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
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