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

 

For American Prospect’s Waldman, Conservatives’ Anti-Obamacare Bel

Tom Johnson
July 12th, 2014 6:55 AM
 

Nation Media Blogger: Nets 'Afraid of the Far Right,' Tea Party Guests

Tom Johnson
July 10th, 2014 10:12 PM
 

Mother Jones, Washington Monthly Bloggers Blast GOP’s Anti-Immigrant

Tom Johnson
July 10th, 2014 5:48 AM
 

Salon: Republicans Who Feel ‘Threatened’ By Obama Policies Are

Tom Johnson
July 9th, 2014 7:14 AM
 

New York's Jonathan Chait: ‘True Contribution’ of Reform Conservat

Tom Johnson
July 7th, 2014 10:25 PM
 

Blogger: Liberals Dominate the Culture Because They Put Entertainment

Tom Johnson
July 6th, 2014 10:14 PM
 

Kevin Drum: I Didn’t Believe the Obama Hype, and Neither Did Obama

Tom Johnson
July 5th, 2014 2:09 PM
 

Fmr. WashPost Editor Steve Coll Invokes Taliban in Critique of Hobby L

Tom Johnson
July 3rd, 2014 12:21 AM
 

Daily Kos: ‘Wanting to Make People Feel Unsafe’ Now a ‘Hallmark

Tom Johnson
July 1st, 2014 9:19 PM
 

CNN's Jeffrey Toobin: Ted Cruz’s Goal Is a Right-Wing ‘Purificatio

Tom Johnson
June 28th, 2014 4:44 PM
 

‘Rachel Maddow Show’ Producer: IRS Scandal ‘Imaginary…Meaningl

Tom Johnson
June 27th, 2014 5:58 PM
 

Liberal Says Hillary’s Money Gaffes Less Offensive Than GOP’s Supp

Tom Johnson
June 26th, 2014 6:35 AM
 

Salon: Was ‘American Top 40’ Harmless Entertainment or Supply-Side

Tom Johnson
June 24th, 2014 7:11 AM
 

Mother Jones Writer: On the Left, Nuance, Toleration, and Math

Tom Johnson
June 22nd, 2014 9:36 PM
 

Peter Beinart: ‘Hillary Does Learn From Her Mistakes...After the Dam

Tom Johnson
June 21st, 2014 8:46 PM
 

Robert Kuttner: ‘Decades of Conservative Obstruction’ Have Weakene

Tom Johnson
June 20th, 2014 8:25 AM
 

Josh Marshall: Democrats’ Obamacare Success Has Forced GOP Into ‘A

Tom Johnson
June 18th, 2014 9:54 PM
 

Daily Kos: ‘Sane’ GOPers Should Stand Up to the Tea Party By Votin

Tom Johnson
June 17th, 2014 2:14 PM
 

Peter Beinart: ‘Fearful’ Republicans Hoping to ‘Reverse History

Tom Johnson
June 15th, 2014 6:29 PM
 

Paul Waldman: GOP Base’s Anger, Perpetual Dissatisfaction Are ‘Inc

Tom Johnson
June 14th, 2014 4:01 PM