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'

Tom Johnson
May 27th, 2017 2:08 PM

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

Tom Johnson
May 25th, 2017 8:50 PM

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

Tom Johnson
May 20th, 2017 10:59 AM

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

Tom Johnson
May 19th, 2017 10:42 AM

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

Tom Johnson
May 13th, 2017 1:16 PM

Liberal Pundit Sees Almost No Liberalism on ESPN

Tom Johnson
May 4th, 2017 8:57 PM

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

Tom Johnson
April 29th, 2017 11:14 AM

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

Tom Johnson
April 28th, 2017 11:00 AM

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

Tom Johnson
April 21st, 2017 5:15 PM

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

Tom Johnson
April 14th, 2017 5:06 PM

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

Tom Johnson
April 7th, 2017 5:01 PM

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

Tom Johnson
April 1st, 2017 4:49 PM

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

Tom Johnson
March 31st, 2017 5:08 PM

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

Tom Johnson
March 24th, 2017 10:21 AM

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

Tom Johnson
March 17th, 2017 8:58 PM

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

Tom Johnson
March 16th, 2017 5:04 PM

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

Tom Johnson
March 11th, 2017 3:28 PM

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

Tom Johnson
March 10th, 2017 11:30 AM

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

Tom Johnson
March 4th, 2017 3:10 PM

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

Tom Johnson
March 3rd, 2017 5:11 PM