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: Confident Conservatives Would Favor Liberal Voting Laws

Tom Johnson
April 18th, 2014 7:25 PM
 

Daily Kos: Lefty Bloggers Are the Antidote to Conservative-Enabling O

Tom Johnson
April 16th, 2014 11:29 PM
 

Salon: ABC News 'Bending Over Backwards' to Offer Laura Ingraham a Pla

Tom Johnson
April 16th, 2014 12:04 PM
 

Kos: Conservatives Are Having a 'Tantrum' Because the Left Has 'Won th

Tom Johnson
April 15th, 2014 6:11 AM
 

Kevin Drum: Right-Wingers Deny 'Anything Even Slightly Positive' About

Tom Johnson
April 13th, 2014 4:27 PM
 

Kos: Right-Wing Resistance to Obamacare Is Futile, Only Helps the Futu

Tom Johnson
April 12th, 2014 12:39 PM
 

Joan Walsh: Colbert's 'Jaunty Spoof' Nailed O'Reilly's 'Faulty Logic a

Tom Johnson
April 11th, 2014 2:37 PM
 

Daily Kos Blogger: I'm 'Tolerant,' But I 'Draw the Line' at Tea Party

Tom Johnson
April 9th, 2014 10:53 PM
 

Salon: In the Tea Party 'Dunce-off,' Rand Paul Attracts Bigots, While

Tom Johnson
April 8th, 2014 6:51 AM
 

Amanda Marcotte: Right-Wingers Lie Like a Rug

Tom Johnson
April 6th, 2014 6:56 AM
 

Salon: Reagan Popularized 'A False Dichotomy Between Communism and Cap

Tom Johnson
April 4th, 2014 8:10 AM
 

Daily Kos Boss's Sarcastic 'Serious' Obamacare Question: 'How Much Fre

Tom Johnson
April 2nd, 2014 11:05 AM
 

Daily Kos: GOPers Would Rather Run Their Mouths on the Radio Than Gove

Tom Johnson
March 30th, 2014 1:55 PM
 

Marxist Writer: Conservatives Who Call Obama a Socialist Have a Point

Tom Johnson
March 29th, 2014 6:40 AM
 

Salon: 'Sour,' Resentful Conservatives Prefer 'Crappy,' Inaccurate Boo

Tom Johnson
March 26th, 2014 8:27 PM
 

Thomas Frank: When Clinton, Obama Sold 'Hope,' They Sold Out Rank-and

Tom Johnson
March 24th, 2014 8:12 PM
 

Conservative Books Now Dumber and Crazier, Much Like the Whole Conserv

Tom Johnson
March 21st, 2014 10:48 PM
 

Daily Kos Boss: The Left Is Gaining, Even Though the Media Favor 'Frin

Tom Johnson
March 19th, 2014 9:05 PM
 

WashPost's Chris Cillizza: Popular Conservative Sites on Facebook Reve

Tom Johnson
March 17th, 2014 2:49 PM
 

Salon: 'White Rage in America' Best Exemplified By 'Red-Faced Irish Du

Tom Johnson
March 16th, 2014 1:57 PM