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 Writer: Roger Ailes ‘Poisoned America’ With 'Fabrications'

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Writer: ‘Self-Pitying’ Media Help Make Right Conspiracy-Minded

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Nation Columnist: Almost All Righty Pundits Specialize in ‘Bulls**t’

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Joan Walsh: Ailes’s Network Shields Its Viewers From ‘Tough Truths’

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Writer: MSNBC Boss Prefers the ‘Mushy Center’ to Profitable Liberalism

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Liberal Pundit Sees Almost No Liberalism on ESPN

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Pundit: FNC’s Legal Troubles Caused By Its ‘Worldview of Resentment’

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Lefty Sportswriter: ESPN’s Got Problems, But Liberalism Isn’t One

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Blogger Charles Pierce: NYT’s Anti-Clinton Bias Is ‘Truly Weird’

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Writer: Are Red States ‘Souring’ on Conservative Economic Ideas?

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Writer: Most GOP Congressmen Believe Conservative Media ‘Bulls**t’

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Matt Taibbi: Trump Is ‘Unleashing Stupidity as a Revolutionary Force’

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New Republic Writer Blasts Trump’s ‘Incredible Cruelty’ on Health Care

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Writer: The Media Aren’t the ‘Opposition Party,’ But They Should Be

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Lib Pundit: Trump’s Proposed Budget ‘Stupid’ and ‘Sadistic’

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New Republic Writer Blasts GOP’s ‘Callous’ Concept of Liberty

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Liberal Pundit Blasts Republicans’ ‘Monstrous’ Views On Health Care

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New Republic Writer Proposes a Lib-State ‘Bluexit’ From America

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Blogger IDs D.C.’s ‘Immune Response’ to ‘Infectious Agent’ Trump

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Pundit: Like Almost All GOPers, Trump Practices ‘Voodoo Economics’

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