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'

Tom Johnson
April 29th, 2016 9:16 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 28th, 2016 10:22 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 27th, 2016 9:17 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 26th, 2016 5:56 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 24th, 2016 1:02 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 23rd, 2016 5:35 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 20th, 2016 8:55 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 19th, 2016 5:54 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 18th, 2016 9:27 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 17th, 2016 12:24 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 15th, 2016 9:29 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 13th, 2016 9:58 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 12th, 2016 6:05 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 10th, 2016 5:43 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 9th, 2016 2:41 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 8th, 2016 9:19 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 5th, 2016 11:49 AM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 3rd, 2016 11:53 AM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 2nd, 2016 12:19 PM
 

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

Tom Johnson
April 1st, 2016 12:14 PM