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

Lefty Professor: ‘Fox News Has Finally Destroyed Television News’

Tom Johnson
January 5th, 2016 9:56 PM

Blogger: On the Right, Con Jobs Are Just ‘Part of the Culture’

Tom Johnson
January 3rd, 2016 12:23 PM

Lefty Pundit: Political Correctness = Not Acting Like a Jerk

Tom Johnson
December 31st, 2015 5:06 PM

Lefty Writer: ‘Narcissism’ Unites Trump, Conservative Evangelicals

Tom Johnson
December 30th, 2015 9:14 PM

Michael Moore: The GOP ‘Really Is a Dead Party’

Tom Johnson
December 28th, 2015 10:06 PM

Maddow Producer: GOP Nutty Even By Global Standards

Tom Johnson
December 27th, 2015 1:32 AM

Liberal Pundit: Scandal-Free Obama Has Avoided ‘Second-Term Curse’

Tom Johnson
December 26th, 2015 12:12 AM

Historian: Reagan, Lucas Gave America ‘Permission to Stop Growing Up’

Tom Johnson
December 24th, 2015 11:16 AM

Blogger: Conservatism, Marxism Examples of ‘Rigid Dogma’

Tom Johnson
December 23rd, 2015 11:22 AM

Maddow Producer: GOP’s Foreign Policy ‘Cringe-Worthy…Pathetic’

Tom Johnson
December 21st, 2015 8:48 PM

Traister: End of 'White Male Power' Causing 'Fury and Violence' in US

Tom Johnson
December 20th, 2015 12:16 PM

New Republic Writer: GOP Anti-Terror Ideas ‘Beyond Xenophobia’

Tom Johnson
December 19th, 2015 11:49 AM

Blogger On Gun Control: ‘No Rational Conservatives In This Country’

Tom Johnson
December 18th, 2015 11:02 AM

Lefty Blogger: ‘Real Winner’ of GOP Presidential Debate? ISIS

Tom Johnson
December 16th, 2015 9:57 PM

Blogger: Global-Warming Deniers Are Traitors to the Planet

Tom Johnson
December 15th, 2015 4:55 PM

Leftist Pundit: Will GOP Become a ‘Neo-Fascist, White-Identity Party’?

Tom Johnson
December 14th, 2015 5:25 PM

Vox Writer: ‘Fever Dreams’ of Conservatives Distort Politics

Tom Johnson
December 12th, 2015 12:25 PM

Salon Pundit: Hannity Supports ‘Christian Version’ of Sharia Law

Tom Johnson
December 10th, 2015 9:09 PM

Liberal 'Talking Points Memo': Fox News Is Trump’s Leni Riefenstahl

Tom Johnson
December 9th, 2015 11:56 AM

Daily Kos Writer: Cruz a Fitting Leader For a ‘Christian Caliphate’

Tom Johnson
December 7th, 2015 9:34 PM