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

Liberal Pundit: Today's Right-Wingers 'Attack…the Rule of Law'

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Amanda Marcotte: Republican Base Favors the 'Politics of Sadism'

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Kos Tells Dems to Shut Up About Impeachment Until After Midterms

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Lib Pundit Praises MSM for Standing Up to GOP 'Bullying' on Tax Cuts

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Liberal Pundits: By Passing Tax Bill, GOP Is 'Looting' America

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Study: Hillary Might Be POTUS If Not for the New York Times

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Slate Writer: ‘The GOP Has Lost Its Last Ethical Moorings’

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Lefty Writer Links Alleged Media Sexual Misconduct, Hillary’s E-Mails

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Pundit Warns of Right’s ‘Blueprint’ For ‘Gangster Government’

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Vox Writer: ‘Conservative Elites’ Keep ‘Lying’ About Climate Change

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Slate Writer: FNC Viewers’ Vision of America Like a Crayon Drawing

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Writer: GOP ‘Ghoulish’ on Benghazi; Dems ‘Fair-Minded’ on Niger

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Writer: Capitalism Discourages ‘Cogent Analysis’ Like Jemele Hill's

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Pundit Predicts GOP ‘Character Assassination’ of 2020 Dem Nominee

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New Republic Fumes: Megyn’s New, Apolitical Persona Won’t Fly

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Liberal Pundit: Roy Moore’s Supporters Are ‘Killing Democracy’

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Lib Pundit: Today's Republicans Occupy ‘a Bubble of Paranoia and Rage’

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Pundit: Many in Houston Drowned, and Conservatism Is ‘Drowning’

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New Republic Writer: Conservative Media Masters of ‘Sheer Propaganda’

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Salon: 'Most Media' Are 'More Than Fair' to Conservatives

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