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

Liberal Pundit Calls Clinton-Lynch Meeting ‘Improper’ and ‘Stupid’

Tom Johnson
July 3rd, 2016 5:52 PM

New Republic Writer: Conservatives ‘Easy Marks’ For Trump’s ‘Con Game’

Tom Johnson
July 1st, 2016 4:35 PM

WashPost Pundit: For Hillary, Benghazi Just the Latest ‘Non-Scandal’

Tom Johnson
June 29th, 2016 8:55 PM

Blogger: GOP Conventions Feature the ‘Worst In Human Behavior’

Tom Johnson
June 27th, 2016 9:18 PM

Professor: Both Hillary and Republicans Run ‘Hysteria’-Based Campaigns

Tom Johnson
June 26th, 2016 4:47 PM

Pundit: Right’s Support For Brexit Based On ‘Nonsense’ and ‘Tribalism’

Tom Johnson
June 26th, 2016 11:54 AM

Liberal Expert? Media, GOP ‘Have Been Collaborators’ For 30 Years!

Tom Johnson
June 24th, 2016 11:20 PM

Daily Beast Pundit: ‘Evil,’ ‘Repulsive’ NRA May Soon Taste Defeat

Tom Johnson
June 22nd, 2016 9:21 PM

Nation Columnist: MSM Should Favor ‘Sane’ Hillary Over Trump

Tom Johnson
June 22nd, 2016 11:54 AM

NY Mag Pundit: ‘Trump TV’ Would ‘Cater’ to Right’s ‘Delusions’

Tom Johnson
June 19th, 2016 2:20 PM

Rolling Stone Writer: NRA ‘Greatest Threat to Our Homeland Security’

Tom Johnson
June 19th, 2016 6:27 AM

Daily Kos Writer: Only ‘Idiots’ Think Saying ‘Radical Islam' Matters

Tom Johnson
June 17th, 2016 8:52 PM

Nation Writer: ‘Islamic Terrorism Is Right-Wing Terrorism’

Tom Johnson
June 15th, 2016 8:57 PM

Washington Monthly: Liberals Need ‘Anti-Fox’ for Lefty Revolution

Tom Johnson
June 14th, 2016 8:31 AM

Mother Jones Pundit: No ‘Corruption’ Or ‘Deceit’ On Hillary’s Record

Tom Johnson
June 11th, 2016 11:20 PM

Liberal Pundit: Racist Voters Key Enablers of Republican Agenda

Tom Johnson
June 9th, 2016 11:38 PM

Slate Writer: Curiel, Garland Targets of GOP’s ‘War On the Judiciary’

Tom Johnson
June 8th, 2016 6:28 PM

Daily Kos Writer: Today’s GOP ‘Disturbingly Similar’ to KKK

Tom Johnson
June 6th, 2016 9:35 PM

Liberal Writer: Media to Blame For Hillary’s ‘Political PTSD’

Tom Johnson
June 4th, 2016 3:37 PM

David Frum Counts Ways Right’s to Blame For Trump ‘Catastrophe’

Tom Johnson
June 2nd, 2016 6:42 PM