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

Blogger: Electors Should Reject ‘Menacing Incompetent’ Trump

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Lefty Musician Lauds Castro’s Devotion to the ‘Poor and Exploited’

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Professor: Media Held Hillary to a Standard of ‘Perfection’

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New Republic Writer: Obama Showed Us the Path to American Greatness

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Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, Paul Ryan…Barack Obama?

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Slate Writer: Trump ‘Offers His Followers’ a ‘Fascist Bargain’

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Liberal Strategist: Right Says ‘Jump,’ New York Times Says ‘How High?’

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Salon's Amanda Marcotte: Media Got Hillary Same Way They Got Gore

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Matt Taibbi: America Will Recognize Obama’s ‘Humanity and Greatness’

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Pundit Gripes That Anti-Government Themes Help GOP Win Elections

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Slate Writer: ‘Current Supreme Court Vacancy Is Not Trump’s to Fill’

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NY Magazine: Facebook Enabled Trump ‘Welfare-State Ethno-Nationalism’

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Mother Jones Blogger: ‘F**k You, James Comey’

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New Republic Writer: Media’s ‘Bias Toward Balance’ Helped Trump

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Lib Pundit: Honesty? Next to Trump, Hillary ‘Is Mother Teresa’

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Blogger: Concept of Liberal Bias Was a Fox News Marketing Ploy

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Liberal Pundit: GOP Base Is ‘The Biggest Pool of Suckers in America’

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Vox Writer: Media Obsession With Hillary E-Mails Is the ‘Real Scandal'

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Salon Writer Warns That ‘The GOP Zombie Cannot Be Killed’

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Vox Writer on Hillary Emails: ‘No Wrongdoing Whatsoever’

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