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

 

Maddow Producer: Dumb Idea For GOP to Play Up Hillary’s Wealth

Tom Johnson
July 16th, 2015 6:00 PM
 

Lefty Professor: Is Jon Stewart Giving In to Fox News ‘Bullies’?

Tom Johnson
July 15th, 2015 1:48 PM
 

Amanda Marcotte: Scott Walker a Stealth ‘Woman-Basher’

Tom Johnson
July 14th, 2015 2:14 PM
 

Salon: Cosby Show 'Enabled...Ugliest Reagan-Era Fantasies' on Race

Tom Johnson
July 12th, 2015 2:26 PM
 

Slate Writer: Gay Marriage Part of ‘Lifestyle Conservatism’

Tom Johnson
July 11th, 2015 12:57 PM
 

Pundit: GOP Base Broadcasts an ‘Ignorant, Garbled Howl’

Tom Johnson
July 10th, 2015 4:12 PM
 

Lefty Blogger Likens 2016 GOP Win to a Global Gasoline Fire

Tom Johnson
July 9th, 2015 10:54 AM
 

Salon Writer: The GOP, Home of ‘Unserious Candidates’ For President

Tom Johnson
July 7th, 2015 9:29 PM
 

Lefty Blogger: Who’s the GOP’s Daddy? Not Lincoln

Tom Johnson
July 6th, 2015 10:02 PM
 

Slate Writer: Trump Appeals Strongly to ‘Ugly and Angry’ GOP Base

Tom Johnson
July 5th, 2015 2:26 PM
 

Lefty Blogger: Does Obama Want a Hillary-Walker Matchup?

Tom Johnson
July 4th, 2015 12:08 PM
 

Blogger: Right-Wing ‘Mass Insanity’ Common During Obama Years

Tom Johnson
July 3rd, 2015 4:35 PM
 

New Republic: Obamacare Ruling Aside, SCOTUS ‘Plenty Conservative’

Tom Johnson
July 2nd, 2015 9:17 PM
 

New Yorker Writer: ‘Rational Thought’ Wins, Conservatives Lose

Tom Johnson
July 2nd, 2015 12:31 AM
 

Lefty Pundits Blast ‘Feeble,’ ‘Fringe’ Objections to Same-Sex Marriage

Tom Johnson
July 1st, 2015 11:19 AM
 

Professor: GOP Likely to Remain ‘Unhinged’ For A Few More Years

Tom Johnson
June 29th, 2015 9:10 PM
 

Blogger: VP Sanders Would Be ‘The Progressive Answer to Dick Cheney’

Tom Johnson
June 28th, 2015 12:58 PM
 

Salon: Righty Economics ‘Has Trickled Down to Catholics In the Pews'

Tom Johnson
June 27th, 2015 3:59 PM
 

Daily Beast Pundit: Scalia ‘Farted’ His Dissent in Obamacare Case

Tom Johnson
June 27th, 2015 12:38 AM
 

Maddow Producer: Roberts’ Ruling ‘An Enormous Favor’ For GOP

Tom Johnson
June 25th, 2015 5:35 PM