Bill Press
Bill Press | |
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| Chair of theCalifornia Democratic Party | |
| In office April 3, 1993 – February 22, 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Phil Angelides |
| Succeeded by | Art Torres |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William H. Press April 8, 1940 Wilmington, Delaware,U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Inverness, California,U.S. |
| Education | Salesianum School Niagara University(BA) University of Fribourg(STB) |
| Occupation | Talk radio host, political commentator, author |
William H. Press(born April 8, 1940)[1]is an Americantalk radiohost, podcaster,liberalpunditand author.[2]He was chairman of theCalifornia Democratic Partyfrom 1993 to 1996, and is a senior political contributor onCNN.[3]He hostsThe Bill Press Podpodcast, and his weekly column is syndicated byTribune Content Agency.[4][5]
Education
[edit]Born inWilmington, Delaware,and raised inDelaware City, Delaware,[1][6]Press was educated atSalesianum School,a privateRoman Catholicsecondary school in Wilmington, in 1958,[7]followed byNiagara Universityfrom which he gained aBachelor of Artsdegree in Philosophy, and theUniversity of Fribourgin which he gained aBachelor of Sacred Theologydegree.[8]
Life and career
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Press is a longtime resident ofInverness, California,having moved there in 1970.[9][10]He resides in Washington, D.C.[11]
Press started his broadcasting career in Los Angeles for TV stationsKABC-TVandKCOP-TV.He has worked as a political commentator forCNNandMSNBC.He is best known for co-hosting CNN'sSpin RoomoppositeTucker Carlson,andCrossfireand MSNBC'sBuchanan and Press.
Since May 2005, Press has been a contributing blogger atThe Huffington Post.He also contributes blogs toThe Hill.In January 2012, Press filled in forKeith OlbermannonCurrent TV's coverage of the2012 Florida Republican primary.[12]
In politics
[edit]Press was the chairman of theCalifornia Democratic Partyfrom 1993 to 1996.[13][14]
He previously served in different appointed positions such as achief of stafftoRepublicanCalifornia State SenatorPeter Behr(1971–73), and as director of the California Office of Planning and Research underDemocraticGovernorJerry Brown(1975–79).
Press was an early backer ofBernie Sandersfor president in 2016, hosting Sanders and his advisors for strategy sessions at his home before the campaign began.[15]
Radio talk show
[edit]Since September 2005, Press has been hosting a daily liberal talk radio program,The Bill Press Show.It is heard on satellite radio, streamed live from the show's website, and available from the show's YouTube channel.
It was formerly broadcast on terrestrial radio affiliates in the United States live from 6-9 AM ET. Originally syndicated byJones Radio,the radio show was syndicated byDial Globaluntil 2017. On March 5, 2012, the show was announced to be simulcast onCurrent TValongsideThe Stephanie Miller Showas part of morning programming.[16]As a result of Current TV becomingAl Jazeera America,The Bill Press Showmoved toFree Speech TV,where it stayed until its move to The Young Turks Network in 2016. As part of the move to the Turks, terrestrial syndication of the program was dropped in January 2017 (except for WCPT-AM Chicago).[17]
Religion
[edit]Press was steeped in Catholicism from an early age. He was an altar boy and took vows ofobedience, poverty and chastity.He describes his young self as a "soldier in God's army".[18]
Works
[edit]- Eyewitness: A California Perspective,1988.ISBN0-939061-01-5
- Spin This: All the Ways We Don't Tell the Truth,with a foreword byBill Maher,2002.ISBN0-7434-4267-9
- Bush Must Go!- The Top Ten Reasons Why George Bush Doesn't Deserve a Second Term,2004.ISBN0-525-94840-6
- How The Republicans Stole Christmas: The Republican Party's Declared Monopoly on Religion and What Democrats Can Do to Take it Back,2005.ISBN0-385-51605-3
- How The Republicans Stole Religion: Why the Religious Right is Wrong about Faith & Politics and What We Can Do to Make it Right,Doubleday,2005.ISBN978-0-385-51605-1
- Trainwreck: The End of the Conservative Revolution (and Not a Moment Too Soon),Wiley,2008.ISBN978-0-470-18240-6
- Toxic Talk: How the Radical Right Has Poisoned America's Airwaves.New York:Thomas Dunne Books.2010.ISBN978-0-312-60629-9.
- The Obama Hate Machine.New York: Thomas Dunne Books. 2012.ISBN978-0-312-64164-1.
- Buyer's Remorse: How Obama Let Progressives Down.New York: Threshold Editions. 2016.ISBN9781476792613.OCLC913336872.
- From the Left: A Life in the Crossfire.New York: Thomas Dunne Books. 2018.ISBN9781250147158.
- Trump Must Go: The Top 100 Reasons to Dump Trump (And One to Keep Him).New York: Thomas Dunne Books. 2018.ISBN9781250306470.
References
[edit]- ^abLindsay, Greg (July 20, 2004)."So What Do You Do, Bill Press?".Media Bistro.Archived fromthe originalon April 7, 2014.RetrievedJuly 27,2012.
- ^Press, Bill (June 3, 1993)."Shame, Shame on the 2-Faced State GOP: Riordan's friends, once fighters for the right to endorse in nonpartisan contests, get a court to muzzle Democrats for Woo".Los Angeles Times.
- ^"Bill Press WSB Exclusive Speaker".Washington Speakers Bureau.Retrieved8 November2022.
- ^"Bill Press articles".Tribune Content Agency.Retrieved9 October2018.
- ^"Bill Press Pods - Home".Bill Press Pods.Retrieved8 November2022.
- ^Deitz, Corey."A Profile of Radio Personality Bill Press".About.com. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-08-02.RetrievedJuly 27,2012.
- ^"Campaign Leadership".Salesianum School. Archived fromthe originalon May 1, 2014.
- ^"Bill Press".Tribune Content Agency.RetrievedOctober 9,2018.
- ^PROFILE / Bill Press / Washington pundit repairs to Marin for dose of reality / Press cherishes Inverness homeRetrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^Bill Press | Point Reyes BooksRetrieved 2016-12-19.
- ^"Bill Press".Graduate School of Political Management.George Washington University. Archived fromthe originalon 25 July 2022.Retrieved19 July2022.
- ^Tommy Christopher (January 31, 2012)."Bill Press Hosts Current TV's Florida Primary Coverage OnCountdown".Mediaite.RetrievedFebruary 3,2012.
- ^Stall, Bill; Decker, Cathleen (April 4, 1993)."Youth Movement Stirs Up State Democratic Party: Convention: Commentator Bill Press of Los Angeles is elected new chairman".Los Angeles Times.
- ^Decker, Cathleen (February 23, 1996)."Press Quits as State Democrat Party Head".Los Angeles Times.RetrievedJuly 26,2012.
- ^"Inside Bernie's Wild Ride".Politico.March 2016.
- ^David Lieberman (March 5, 2012)."Current TV To Enter AM News Competition With Radio's Bill Press And Stephanie Miller".Deadline New York.
- ^Reynolds, Nick (January 11, 2017)."A Progressive Talk Station Goes Off Air. No, It's Not A Conspiracy".Ithaca Times.RetrievedJanuary 13,2017.
- ^Press, Bill."Confessions of a former celibate".Tribune Media Services. Archived fromthe originalon December 20, 2003.
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