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

 

WaPo Columnist: GOP the ‘Party of Jefferson Davis,’ Not of Lincoln

Tom Johnson
April 10th, 2015 1:19 PM
 

Salon Columnist: Right Shouldn't Gloat Over Rolling Stone 'Debacle'

Tom Johnson
April 8th, 2015 3:08 PM
 

Nation Writer: ‘Wisconsin Badgers Deserve Better Than Scott Walker'

Tom Johnson
April 7th, 2015 1:32 PM
 

Writer: ‘Horrifying’ Ideas on Display in GOP Presidential Primaries

Tom Johnson
April 6th, 2015 2:02 PM
 

Rutgers Professor: The Religious Right’s God Is an ‘A**hole’

Tom Johnson
April 3rd, 2015 1:43 PM
 

Ezra Klein: Noah, Wilmore Represent ‘Post-Obama Liberalism'

Tom Johnson
April 2nd, 2015 2:08 PM
 

Blogger: ‘Journalistic Malpractice’ Not to Report GOP Is 'Demented'

Tom Johnson
March 31st, 2015 10:02 PM
 

Salon Columnist: New Daily Show Host Will Face Right-Wing ‘Backlash'

Tom Johnson
March 30th, 2015 9:18 PM
 

Lefty Writer: Is Francis Catholic? Yes (Unlike Some Recent Popes)

Tom Johnson
March 29th, 2015 3:27 PM
 

President Michael Moore Would Cut Pentagon Budget By 75 Percent

Tom Johnson
March 28th, 2015 12:59 PM
 

Reviewer Objects That Play Doesn't Portray Scalia As ‘Bigoted Bully'

Tom Johnson
March 27th, 2015 9:07 PM
 

New Republic Writer: Cruz's Goal Is ‘White Voter Shock and Awe'

Tom Johnson
March 26th, 2015 11:39 AM
 

Nation Columnist: Right-Wing Pundits Seek to ‘Undermine Our Democracy'

Tom Johnson
March 24th, 2015 9:40 PM
 

Lefty Blogger on Cruz Candidacy: ‘Is This Guy Freaking Kidding?’

Tom Johnson
March 23rd, 2015 9:18 PM
 

Salon: GOP, Likud, and ‘Iranian Right’ Have ‘Fanaticism’ In Common

Tom Johnson
March 22nd, 2015 4:45 PM
 

New Republic Writer: The Word ‘Taxpayer’ Has a Right-Wing Bias

Tom Johnson
March 21st, 2015 11:01 AM
 

New York Magazine: America Now the Shining (Liberal) City Upon a Hill

Tom Johnson
March 19th, 2015 6:10 PM
 

Lefty Bloggers Snipe at GOP’s ‘Cult of Reagan’ and Its ‘Fanaticism’

Tom Johnson
March 18th, 2015 12:29 AM
 

Vox’s Ezra Klein: ‘Al Gore Should Run For President’

Tom Johnson
March 16th, 2015 2:09 PM
 

Blogger: Conservatives ‘Marinate’ in ‘Rancid Stew’ of Obama-Hatred

Tom Johnson
March 15th, 2015 5:00 PM