Tom Johnson

Contributing Writer

Tom Johnson covers mostly websites (e.g., Salon, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos) for NewsBusters. He blogged frequently for the site from 2005 until 2007 and has been a regular contributor since 2011. From 1989 until 2002, he was an entertainment analyst for the Media Research Center and its spinoff, the Parents Television Council. From July 2004 until June 2005, he monitored National Public Radio for the MRC.


Latest Blogs

Joan Walsh: ‘Creepy’ Liar Pence ‘Far Worse Person’ Than Trump

Tom Johnson
August 23rd, 2017 5:18 PM

Liberal Pundit: Bannon Fueled Media’s Anti-Hillary Bias

Tom Johnson
August 22nd, 2017 10:56 AM

Vox Writer: ‘Intellectual Foundation’ of GOP ‘Has Rotted Away’

Tom Johnson
August 15th, 2017 4:50 PM

Pundit: After Charlottesville, GOP Can’t ‘Have It Both Ways’ on Race

Tom Johnson
August 13th, 2017 8:36 PM

New Republic Writer Likens James Damore to Anti-Vaxxers

Tom Johnson
August 11th, 2017 1:40 PM

Slate: Resentment of Political Correctness Unites Trump, Thomas

Tom Johnson
August 3rd, 2017 6:01 PM

Blogger: No Fairness Doctrine Means ‘Atrocious’ Right-Wing Radio

Tom Johnson
August 1st, 2017 5:25 PM

Kos: Conservatives Are ‘Literally Pining For Dictatorship’

Tom Johnson
July 28th, 2017 5:30 PM

Andrew Sullivan Lauds Obama’s Health-Care ‘Conservatism’

Tom Johnson
July 24th, 2017 5:06 PM

Pundit: Conservatism Incompatible With a ‘Humane Health-Care System’

Tom Johnson
July 18th, 2017 5:30 PM

Daily Beast Pundit: Hillary’s Loss Was an American Tragedy

Tom Johnson
July 14th, 2017 5:06 PM

Liberal Writer: Planned Parenthood’s Idea of Freedom Beats the NRA’s

Tom Johnson
July 11th, 2017 4:48 PM

Salon Writer: Fly the Flag Upside Down to Protest Trumpism

Tom Johnson
July 4th, 2017 2:21 PM

Pundit: Trump’s Treatment of the Media ‘Cowardly,’ Un-American

Tom Johnson
July 3rd, 2017 5:06 PM

Lefty Professor: Republicans Have an ‘Allergic Reaction’ to Truth

Tom Johnson
June 27th, 2017 4:28 PM

Ezra Klein: ObamaCare Repeal Might Lead to a Single-Payer System

Tom Johnson
June 19th, 2017 5:20 PM

Slate Writer: Dems Have Problems, But GOP Has ‘Pathologies’

Tom Johnson
June 9th, 2017 5:18 PM

New Republic Writer: The GOP Is About ‘Revenge,’ Not Governing

Tom Johnson
June 7th, 2017 3:17 PM

Liberal Blogger: Conservatism Requires an ‘Army of Vulgarians’

Tom Johnson
June 6th, 2017 7:15 AM

Andrew Sullivan: Trump’s Beliefs ‘The Antithesis of Christianity’

Tom Johnson
May 28th, 2017 5:46 PM