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

 

Rolling Stone: Cruz, Fiorina ‘Failed Approximations of Human Beings'

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Blogger Blasts Bernie’s ‘Right-Wing’ Position on Philly Soda Tax

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Slate Writer: Blue-Collar Whites Too Racist For Modern Democrats

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Daily Beast Pundit: 'Public Opinion' Has Pushed Dems to the Left

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Kos: GOP ‘A**holes’ Routinely Get Away With Vague Campaign Promises

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New York Blogger: ‘Hammer-Headed’ Cruz Thinks He's God's Choice

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Slate Writer: GOP Angry That Evenly Split SCOTUS Can’t ‘Screw’ Obama

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Blogger: GOP Might Find ‘Idiotic’ Campaign Meme in Hillary Transcripts

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Guardian: Hillary, Anita Hill Faced ‘Poisonous Displays’ From GOPers

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Washington Monthly Blogger: ‘Aggressive A**hole Vote’ Key to GOP

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Slate Writer: Eventually, Vatican Will Accept Same-Sex Marriage

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Liberal Writer Neal Gabler: Hillary Is ‘The Media’s National Piñata’

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Jonathan Chait: Conservatives, ‘Acceptable’ Health Reform Don’t Mix

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Blogger: SCOTUS Often Has ‘Overcome’ Right’s ‘Inexcusable Wrongness’

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Blogger: Cruz Takes GOP’s ‘Bizarre’ State-Level Agenda National

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New Yorker Writer: Ideal GOP Candidate Is ‘Maximally Crazy’

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Blogger: Trump’s Candidacy May Be ‘Logical Endpoint’ of Conservatism

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Bernie Sanders: Without MSM’s Help, GOP Would Be ‘Fringe Party’

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Slate Writer: Stalled Garland Nomination Result of GOP ‘Insanity Gap’

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Blogger Kevin Drum: Mixed Economy ‘Only Way to Run a Modern Country’

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