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

 

Charles Pierce: He’s ‘Not Very Good’ as a TV Host, But ‘The Co

Tom Johnson
August 30th, 2014 6:38 PM
 

Paul Waldman: GOP Can’t Close Gender Gap As Long As Conservatives Ca

Tom Johnson
August 28th, 2014 5:17 PM
 

Washington Monthly Blogger: ‘Gun-Toting…Anti-Feminist, Anti-Modern

Tom Johnson
August 27th, 2014 11:40 AM
 

Jonathan Chait: Paul Ryan Dumps Ayn Rand in Favor of Other ‘Crackpot

Tom Johnson
August 26th, 2014 6:56 PM
 

Daily Kos: ISIS ‘Politicians’ Are No Threat to U.S., So ‘Stop Fr

Tom Johnson
August 24th, 2014 5:43 PM
 

Let Joe Do It? Ezra Klein Says Presidents Need to Take ‘Restful’ V

Tom Johnson
August 23rd, 2014 2:25 PM
 

Grantland: Fox News Essentially a ‘Conservative Daily Show’ That

Tom Johnson
August 23rd, 2014 7:10 AM
 

Jonathan Chait: Conservatives’ Hatred for Obamacare Is Part of Their

Tom Johnson
August 22nd, 2014 11:19 AM
 

Bird Watching: Obama’s an ‘Odd Duck,’ But His GOP Critics ‘Scr

Tom Johnson
August 21st, 2014 12:39 PM
 

Ezra Klein: ‘The White House No Longer Believes Obama Can Bridge Div

Tom Johnson
August 19th, 2014 3:48 PM
 

Salon: Hillary, Like Reagan, Thinks ‘Conquering “Evil” Is the Sp

Tom Johnson
August 18th, 2014 1:55 PM
 

Lefty Blogger: In 2016, Will the GOP Be Caught Between a Rock and the

Tom Johnson
August 17th, 2014 10:20 PM
 

Lefty Bloggers: Gripes About Presidential Vacations Are ‘Stupid’ a

Tom Johnson
August 16th, 2014 7:01 AM
 

AlterNet Writer: Fox News Audience’s Fear of Atheists Is Just Part o

Tom Johnson
August 15th, 2014 5:34 PM
 

Mother Jones Writer Wonders What Happened in the ‘90s That Made Repu

Tom Johnson
August 14th, 2014 6:26 AM
 

Salon: Media’s Political Coverage Favors ‘War-Fighting Skill Set

Tom Johnson
August 13th, 2014 7:15 AM
 

Lefty Blogger: GOP Opposition to Obama Isn’t Influenced By Anything

Tom Johnson
August 11th, 2014 2:39 PM
 

Is ‘Weird Al’ the ‘Court Jester’ for ‘America’s Twisted Br

Tom Johnson
August 9th, 2014 1:00 PM
 

New Yorker Blogger: Nixon Pioneered Politics of ‘Perpetual Grievance

Tom Johnson
August 8th, 2014 7:35 AM
 

Charles Pierce: Obama Dazed and Confused By GOP’s ‘Empowered Unrea

Tom Johnson
August 7th, 2014 7:45 AM