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: Electors Should Reject ‘Menacing Incompetent’ Trump

Tom Johnson
November 29th, 2016 8:29 PM

Lefty Musician Lauds Castro’s Devotion to the ‘Poor and Exploited’

Tom Johnson
November 29th, 2016 9:48 AM

Professor: Media Held Hillary to a Standard of ‘Perfection’

Tom Johnson
November 27th, 2016 6:06 PM

New Republic Writer: Obama Showed Us the Path to American Greatness

Tom Johnson
November 27th, 2016 8:33 AM

Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, Paul Ryan…Barack Obama?

Tom Johnson
November 25th, 2016 9:36 PM

Slate Writer: Trump ‘Offers His Followers’ a ‘Fascist Bargain’

Tom Johnson
November 25th, 2016 3:38 PM

Liberal Strategist: Right Says ‘Jump,’ New York Times Says ‘How High?’

Tom Johnson
November 20th, 2016 4:53 PM

Salon's Amanda Marcotte: Media Got Hillary Same Way They Got Gore

Tom Johnson
November 19th, 2016 1:55 PM

Matt Taibbi: America Will Recognize Obama’s ‘Humanity and Greatness’

Tom Johnson
November 18th, 2016 5:52 PM

Pundit Gripes That Anti-Government Themes Help GOP Win Elections

Tom Johnson
November 16th, 2016 5:54 PM

Slate Writer: ‘Current Supreme Court Vacancy Is Not Trump’s to Fill’

Tom Johnson
November 15th, 2016 5:45 PM

NY Magazine: Facebook Enabled Trump ‘Welfare-State Ethno-Nationalism’

Tom Johnson
November 14th, 2016 7:41 PM

Mother Jones Blogger: ‘F**k You, James Comey’

Tom Johnson
November 12th, 2016 1:30 PM

New Republic Writer: Media’s ‘Bias Toward Balance’ Helped Trump

Tom Johnson
November 11th, 2016 5:27 PM

Lib Pundit: Honesty? Next to Trump, Hillary ‘Is Mother Teresa’

Tom Johnson
November 7th, 2016 5:58 PM

Blogger: Concept of Liberal Bias Was a Fox News Marketing Ploy

Tom Johnson
November 6th, 2016 8:36 PM

Liberal Pundit: GOP Base Is ‘The Biggest Pool of Suckers in America’

Tom Johnson
November 5th, 2016 9:50 PM

Vox Writer: Media Obsession With Hillary E-Mails Is the ‘Real Scandal'

Tom Johnson
November 5th, 2016 10:50 AM

Salon Writer Warns That ‘The GOP Zombie Cannot Be Killed’

Tom Johnson
November 3rd, 2016 4:48 PM

Vox Writer on Hillary Emails: ‘No Wrongdoing Whatsoever’

Tom Johnson
November 1st, 2016 5:43 PM