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

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

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

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

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New Republic Writer Likens James Damore to Anti-Vaxxers

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Slate: Resentment of Political Correctness Unites Trump, Thomas

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

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Kos: Conservatives Are ‘Literally Pining For Dictatorship’

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

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

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

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

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Salon Writer: Fly the Flag Upside Down to Protest Trumpism

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

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

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

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

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

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Liberal Blogger: Conservatism Requires an ‘Army of Vulgarians’

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

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