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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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New Yorker Blogger: Nixon Pioneered Politics of ‘Perpetual Grievance

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

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