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 American Prospect Editor: "Vultures of the Right" Waiting Unti

Tom Johnson
December 22nd, 2005 5:16 PM
 

James Risen: The Anti-Judith Miller

Tom Johnson
December 21st, 2005 4:50 PM
 

Newsweek's Alter: "Bush Thought 9/11 Gave Him License to Act Like a Di

Tom Johnson
December 20th, 2005 12:08 PM
 

Slate Editor: "It's Not Impossible to Imagine" That Bush Would Bomb Jo

Tom Johnson
December 11th, 2005 6:54 PM
 

Mike Wallace Would Ask Bush Why He's Left America "So [Expletive] Up

Tom Johnson
December 8th, 2005 11:33 AM
 

TV Columnist Wants CBS Boss Moonves in a "Che T-Shirt," Leading News

Tom Johnson
December 5th, 2005 1:48 PM
 

Washington Post Blogger Claims Bush Shuns "Ordinary Citizens

Tom Johnson
November 30th, 2005 4:14 PM
 

Washington Post Humorist Defends Standard Newspaper Abortion Terminolo

Tom Johnson
November 29th, 2005 4:35 PM
 

Moyers: "We Were Biased, All Right -- In Favor of Uncovering the News

Tom Johnson
November 28th, 2005 12:36 PM
 

Newsweek's Dickey: Is This a New Age of "Yellow Journalism

Tom Johnson
November 23rd, 2005 3:31 PM
 

Leftist Online Magazine Salon Turns Ten, Looks Back

Tom Johnson
November 16th, 2005 2:57 PM
 

Pundit's Pal: Media Need Re-Educating So They'll Be Less...Conservativ

Tom Johnson
November 12th, 2005 8:39 PM
 

Columnist: Future of Network News Is Olbermann's Countdown or Somethin

Tom Johnson
November 9th, 2005 11:53 AM
 

U.S. News Editor Sees "Calamitous Second Act" for Bush

Tom Johnson
November 3rd, 2005 12:13 PM
 

Ephron Speculates About Bush "Fighting Depression...Being Medicated

Tom Johnson
November 1st, 2005 5:21 PM
 

Knight Ridder Story Speculates That "Stain" on Bush's Presidency Will

Tom Johnson
October 30th, 2005 1:21 PM
 

Bernstein Likens Plamegate to Watergate, Refers to 'Routine Smearing

Tom Johnson
October 28th, 2005 12:00 PM
 

Olbermann Links White Sox, Plamegate

Tom Johnson
October 27th, 2005 6:42 PM
 

Newsweek Columnist: At Least LBJ Was Heartbroken by Body Bags, Unlike

Tom Johnson
October 27th, 2005 1:53 PM
 

Clinton Still Complaining the Media Are Shortchanging Him

Tom Johnson
October 24th, 2005 5:13 PM