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

Josh Marshall: Since Democrats Are Now the Party of Non-Whites, Every

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Paul Waldman Rant: If Hillary Runs, Can GOP Refrain From 'Fantasies Ab

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Salon: Far-Right Candidates in GOP Debates Hurt Party's Image, But The

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Lefty Blogger: GOP, Romney Should Have Had 'The Taste Slapped Out of

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Washington Monthly Blogger: The Conservative Movement Is a Nonstop 'Ha

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Indiana Professor: 'Professional Norms and Values' Keep Liberal Report

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Salon: 'Notorious Pro-Military War Hawk' Lara Logan's High Profile on

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Jane Mayer: Tip O'Neill Handled Beirut Attack Appropriately, While Iss

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David Corn: 'For Many Conservatives,' Benghazi Like a 'Candy Store,' B

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Salon Links Sterling to Rush, Fox News: 'Button-Down' Psychopaths on

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Kos: Conservatives Are Prone to 'Hero Worship of Creepy Criminals

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Daily Kos: Palin, LaPierre Made NRA Convention Sound Like an American

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Garry Wills: Opposing Obamacare a 'Sacred' Cause for a Hateful 'Cult

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UCLA Professor: GOPers Are 'Sick and Twisted' Disseminators of 'Pure

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Rage in the Cage: Salon Writer Sees 'Epic' Battle Ahead For Control o

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Think Progress: The Gender Pay Gap Starts at Home... In Children's All

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Salon: New York Times Opinion Section Is Insufficiently Liberal

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Daily Kos: Today's Conservatives Guilty of 'Fake Patriotism' and 'Ti

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Josh Marshall: Sharyl Attkisson Has 'Serious Temperament Issues' and

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Josh Marshall Brags: The Right Wing Thinks Obamacare's in Trouble, But

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