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

Kos: Obama Approval Rating Up Because ‘Being Liberal Is Popular’

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Blogger: GOPers ‘Twist’ Civil-Rights History ‘Beyond Recognition'

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Lefty Blogger: Increasingly Conservative GOP = Crazier GOP

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Lefty Writer: America’s Not ‘Crazy,’ But It Might Be ‘Dumb’

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Daily Kos Writer: Mia Love Is ‘Every Bigot's Dreamgirl’

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Lefty Blogger: Paul Ryan a ‘Zombie-Eyed Granny Starver’

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POTUS, Lefty Blogger Agree: History Should Vindicate Obama

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Liberal Writer Criticizes ‘Creepy’ Biden For His ‘Gaffe-Porn’

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Blogger: Obama Liberal, But Clinton, Carter ‘Relatively Conservative'

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Lefty Blogger Charles Pierce: New GOP Congress = ‘Reign Of Morons’

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Blogger Blasts Fellow Liberals For Pussyfooting Around Radical Islam

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Daily Kos: Cops Need to Put On ‘Big-Boy Uniforms’ and Stop ‘Pouting’

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Lefty Professor: GOP Now ‘Out of the Closet as Openly Racist’

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Film Critic: ‘American Sniper’ a ‘Republican Platform Movie’

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Professor: NRA Has ‘Blood On [Its] Hands’ From NYC Cop-Killing

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Lefty Blogger: ‘Neo-Confederate Ideas’ Integral to Conservatism

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Lefty Blogger: Tax Cuts Fail, But Right Backs Them For ‘Moral’ Reasons

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Lefty Pundit Foresees Religious Right ‘Frenzy of Fear’ Over 2016

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New Republic: Conservatives, Unlike Liberals, ‘Lionize’ Extremists

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Daily Kos: Will ‘Frothing Crazy People’ Ruin GOP’s 2016 Chances?

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