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

Blogger: GOP Favors ‘Heresy Against the Constitutional Order’

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Liberal Writer: Hillary Should Nominate Obama For Supreme Court

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Blogger: ‘Who the F**k Could Blame’ Hillary For Disliking the Media?

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New Yorker Writer: Ben Carson, Leader of the ‘Paranoid’ Pack

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Professor: GOP Selma Message Was That Blacks ‘Are Not Our People’

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Blogger: Right’s Control of GOP ‘Probably Not Sustainable’

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Amanda Marcotte: Opposition to Obamacare ‘Gender- and Race-Based’

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New Yorker Writer: Obamacare Lawsuit a ‘Crackpot Idea’

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Blogger: Right-Wing ‘Paranoids’ Jump On Hillary E-Mail Story

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Lefty Blogger: Inhofe 'Devoid' of Facts, Logic On Global Warming

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Lefty Blogger: CPAC Like 'Untethered Zoo Animals'

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Frank Rich: Ben Carson a ‘Front Man’ For GOP Voter Suppression

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New Republic Writer: The Next Reagan Might Be Obama

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New Yorker Writer: A Scott Walker Presidency ‘Would Be a Disaster’

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Slate Writer: Obama Should ‘Name the Enemy’ – the GOP

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Blogger: GOP Base’s ‘Free-Floating Paranoia’ a Problem For Walker

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Jeffrey Toobin: Giuliani an ‘Embarrassment’ With a ‘Paranoid Style’

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Bloggers: Jeb Not In Sync With Angry, Self-Pitying GOP Base

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Even Vox Thinks Obama’s Wimping Out On ‘Islamist Extremism’

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Lefty Blogger: Conservative Judges = Venomous Snakes

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