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

Lefty Professor: Trump Trying to Put an End to ‘Honest Journalism’

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Liberal Pundit: GOPers Can’t Handle the Truth (of Debate Fact-Checks)

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Professor: ‘There Really Are Not That Many Movement Conservatives’

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Atlantic Writer: Media Must Drop ‘Decorum’ in Dealing With Trump

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New Republic Writer: Dems Should Bash Bush Like GOPers Bashed Carter

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GQ Writer to Trump Backers: ‘Go F**k Yourselves’

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Pundit: GOP’s ‘Intellectual Rot’ Explains Trump, ‘Hatred of Obamacare'

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Blogger: Olbermann Sees That ‘Conservatism…Is a Metastasizing Cancer’

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Matt Taibbi: Libs’ Gripes About Campaign Coverage ‘Getting Ridiculous’

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Amanda Marcotte: For the Right, Hillary’s Health Is the New Birtherism

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Pundit: ‘We've Been Grading Republicans on a Curve For Decades'

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New Republic Writer: ‘Deplorables’ Comment ‘Impolite’ But True

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Neal Gabler: Media ‘Have Worked Tirelessly’ to Trash Hillary, Brady

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Liberal Columnist: Trump’s Lies Demand ‘Drastic Measures’ From Media

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Lefty Pundits Explore Why the Media Have It In For Hillary

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Leftist Professor: Trump TV Network Scarier Than Trump Presidency

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Liberal Blogger Calls Conservatism ‘Cartoonish’

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Pundit Jonathan Chait Denies That Liberals Enabled Trump

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NY Mag Writer: Conservatives Like ‘Highly Emotional’ Fake News

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Liberal Pundit: Right-Wing Media Corrupted the GOP, Then Took It Over

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