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: Obama Leads Recent Two-Term Presidents in ‘Moral Credibility’

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Pundit Lauds Bill For Discussing Hillary As an ‘Object of Desire’

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Rush Riffs On NewsBusters Post, Anniversary of National Show

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Blogger: Limbaugh Has Left a ‘Sick Stain’ and a ‘Loathsome Legacy’

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Liberal Web Pundits on the RNC: ‘Zombie Reagan Is Good and Buried’

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Slate Writer: ‘Facts On the Ground,’ Not Obama, Hurt Race Relations

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David Frum: ‘Doofus’ Trump to Blame For Melania’s Plagiarism

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Lefty Pundits on Giuliani: ‘Unhinged’ and ‘Spewing…Nonsense’

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Daily Kos Writer: Melania’s Plagiarism Should Sink Trump’s Campaign

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Vox’s Ezra Klein: Trump’s Introduction of Pence ‘Shocking…Scary’

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Bloggers on Pence: ‘Unprincipled Puppet’ Or ‘Lunatic Conservative’?

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Liberal Pundit Previews GOP Convention: ‘An Oily Ball of Rage’

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Lefty Writers: Nothing Wrong With Ginsburg's Blasts at ‘Racist’ Trump

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Daily Beast Columnist: Dubya Can Redeem Himself By Trashing Trump

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Liberal: Cops, BLM Should Team Up Against the Real Cop-Haters, the NRA

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Rolling Stone Writer: Racist Voters, Not Racist Cops, Are the Problem

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Liberal Pundit Advises Hillary to Keep ‘Uncle Joe’ Biden As VP

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New Republic Writer: ‘Movement-Conservative Dominance’ Hurts GOP

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Lefty Pundit: ‘Ridiculous’ to Wonder Why Hillary Wasn’t Charged

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Vox Writer: ‘American Independence In 1776 Was a Monumental Mistake’

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