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: Before Trump, There Was Bush 41’s ‘Race-Baiting on Steroids'
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New Republic Writer: Trump, Pro-Lifers Prone to Simplistic Thinking
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Eric Alterman: ‘Trump TV’ Might Want Scarborough, Halperin
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Salon Writer: ‘Bad-Faith Criticisms of Liberalism’ Led to Trump
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Jeffrey Toobin: Clarence Thomas Is Both ‘Radical’ and ‘Reactionary’
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Daily Beast: ‘The Only Good Newsman on Facebook’ Is Dan Rather
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Salon Writer: ‘Partial-Birth Abortion’ a ‘Medically Nonsensical Term'
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Liberal Pundit Blasts Trump’s ‘Ridiculous Whining’ About Media Bias
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Slate Writer: ‘Movement Conservatism…Is a White Ideology’
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New Republic Writer: GOP Stands for ‘Toxic Masculinity at Its Ugliest’
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Pundit: In 2016, Conservative Policies ‘Make No Sense to Anyone’
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Kos: Cancel Last Debate, Since Trump Might Act Like a ‘Drunk A**hole’
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Author: Hillary’s ‘Irritating,’ But She Doesn’t Lie vs 'Big Lie' Trump
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NYMag Pundit: Trump, GOP Agree Women Aren’t ‘Full Human Beings’
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Salon Writer: Religious Right Hates Divorce, Unless It’s the Clintons
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Esquire Pundit: Pence, Trump Cut From Same Cloth of Crazy
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Prof Lauds Hillary For Standing Up to ‘Republican Sexual Dinosaurs'
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Ex-Newsweek Pundit: Hillary Most Lied-About Pol of Past 25 Years
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Maddow Producer: If Pence Is a ‘Normal’ GOPer, the Party’s ‘Unhealthy’