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 Blogger: These Days, ‘Just About All the Racists’ Are Republican

Tom Johnson
June 24th, 2015 9:10 PM
 

New Yorker Writer: ‘Guns Don’t Protect Anyone From Anything’

Tom Johnson
June 23rd, 2015 5:38 PM
 

Stanford Prof: Fox News 'Accessory After the Fact' to Dylann Roof

Tom Johnson
June 23rd, 2015 11:03 AM
 

Book Reviewer: Stop Calling Reagan a Great President

Tom Johnson
June 21st, 2015 2:02 PM
 

Amanda Marcotte: Conservatism Based On ‘Irrational Tribal Politics’

Tom Johnson
June 20th, 2015 9:35 PM
 

Blogger: Trump a ‘Caricature’ of Dumb Right-Wing GOPers

Tom Johnson
June 19th, 2015 9:48 PM
 

Rolling Stone: ‘Weaponized’ Conservatism Led to Charleston Shootings

Tom Johnson
June 19th, 2015 11:10 AM
 

Lefty Pundit: Gowdy Committee ‘Urinating on the Grave’ of Amb. Stevens

Tom Johnson
June 18th, 2015 10:58 AM
 

New Republic Writer Lauds Hillary’s ‘Leftward Shifts Toward Sanity’

Tom Johnson
June 17th, 2015 10:11 PM
 

Writer: Media’s Dislike For Hillary Disproves Liberal-Bias Charge

Tom Johnson
June 16th, 2015 5:45 PM
 

Blogger: If You’re Educated, Scott Walker Probably Hates You

Tom Johnson
June 14th, 2015 12:33 PM
 

Lefty Blogger: GOP Destroyed By a ‘Vortex of Stupid’

Tom Johnson
June 13th, 2015 12:10 PM
 

Salon Writer: Conservatives Too Angry to Have a Sense of Humor

Tom Johnson
June 12th, 2015 10:53 AM
 

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Right’s ‘Freedom’ Brings Oligarchy, Corruption

Tom Johnson
June 10th, 2015 5:55 PM
 

Lefty Writer: ‘Victimhood’ Key to Becoming a ‘Conservative Folk Hero’

Tom Johnson
June 9th, 2015 10:10 PM
 

Daily Beast: ‘Will Hillary Be Our 3rd Black President?’

Tom Johnson
June 8th, 2015 9:14 PM
 

Lefty Writer: ‘Much Truth’ to Idea MSM Want to ‘Take Down’ Hillary

Tom Johnson
June 7th, 2015 5:20 PM
 

Blogger: ‘Our Voting System Sucks,’ and GOP Likes It That Way

Tom Johnson
June 5th, 2015 6:03 PM
 

Salon: Megyn Kelly ‘Slightly Less Horrible’ Than Others on Fox

Tom Johnson
June 4th, 2015 12:22 AM
 

Vox Writer: Media Don’t Like Hillary, But Average People Do

Tom Johnson
June 2nd, 2015 9:47 PM