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

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

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

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Book Reviewer: Stop Calling Reagan a Great President

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Amanda Marcotte: Conservatism Based On ‘Irrational Tribal Politics’

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

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Rolling Stone: ‘Weaponized’ Conservatism Led to Charleston Shootings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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