Bill Press
Bill Press is host of the nationally-syndicated "Bill Press Show" on talk radio. His show is heard in all 50 states on Sirius Satellite Radio, from 6 to 9 a.m. EST. The "Bill Press Show" is also syndicated nationwide by Jones Radio Networks in over 40 major media markets, including Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Reno, Phoenix, Denver, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Chicago, Buffalo and Washington, D.C. His weekly liberal commentary is syndicated by Tribune Media Services.
Press is a well-known political commentator and frequently appears on radio and television. He was co-host of MSNBC's "Buchanan and Press," a debate show hosted with Pat Buchanan. Prior to joining MSNBC, Press spent six years with CNN hosting "Crossfire" and the "Spin Room" with Tucker Carlson.
Press began his career as a political commentator in Los Angeles on KABC-TV from 1980 to 1989, when he ran for statewide political office. Press offered nightly political commentary on the 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts. In January 1991, Press joined KCOP-TV in Los Angeles as a political commentator for the station's 10 p.m. newscast. He traveled extensively, even conducting an exclusive Belgrade interview with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.
From 1987-1989, on KABC Radio in Los Angeles, Press co-hosted "The Dueling Bills," a daily two-hour debate, with co-host Bill Pearl, on current events. He hosted "Bill Press: True American" on KFI-AM and was a regular weekend talk-show host on KFI-AM from 1991-1996.
Press is the author of three books: "Spin This!", "Bush Must Go" and "How The Republicans Stole Religion." His fourth book, "Trainwreck," will be published by John Wiley & Sons in spring 2008. Press has received numerous awards for his work, including four Emmys and a Golden Mike Award. In 1992, the Associated Press named him Best Commentator of the Year.
Press received a B.A. in philosophy from Niagara University and S.T.B. in theology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Bill Press Samples
Koch brothers driving anti-Obama hate machine
"If not now, when?" Now, here's your trivia question for the day: Who in our time revived that call to action with the challenge: "If not us, who? No, not even close. This was not the first such meeting called by the Koch Brothers.
The three big lies of Newton Leroy Gingrich
Political junkies like me have never seen anything like it: Running 20 points behind, just a week before the South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich catapulted to the top of the pile and ended up defeating Mitt Romney by 12 points.
How not to run a Republican primary
CHARLESTON, South Carolina. The Republican Party started out with one big advantage: Despite getting off to a gangbuster start in 2009, just one year later President Obama looked like he'd run out of gas.
Mitt Romney bumper sticker: Greed is good!
He barely won the Iowa primary. And we also know what he stands for. See what I mean? Am I being unfair in comparing Mitt Romney to the heartless Gordon Gekko? Romney further argues he was helping workers and investors alike.
Santorum gets his (brief) moment in the sun
Mitt "Landslide" Romney may have won the Iowa caucuses by a whopping eight votes, but everybody knows the real winner was former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum.
John Boehner destroys Republican record on taxes
OK, enough already. Of course, it's not going to be any walk in the park for Obama and Democrats. Ever since Ronald Reagan, Republicans marketed themselves as the party of tax cuts.
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