Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson is the founder and principal author at Seeing the Forest. "He is on the Board of Directors of Media Transparency and The People Choose 2006, and is an advisor to The Philanthropy Network He participated in two panels, Building Progressive Infrastructure and Ethics, Corruption and Movement Politics, at the recent YearlyKos conference in Las Vegas. He was a credentialed blogger at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and was an MSNBC 'Hardblogger' for 2004 election coverage. A regular blogger at Huffington Post and The Patriot Project, he has been a member of the American Street team, and a contributor at many other sites, including AlterNet, MyDD, DailyKos, BuzzFlash, Smirking Chimp and Common Dreams," his Seeing the Forest bio states. [1]
He is "a freelance researcher and writer, and a Fellow at the Commonweal Institute [2], where he researches and writes about the activities of the conservative movement's network of foundations and think tanks and the extent of their influence on American society. He has investigated and reported on the Right's ongoing attacks on public education and teacher unions, university professors, trial attorneys and the tort legal system, and labor unions." [3]
External Links
By Dave Johnson
- "Right-Wing Intimidation," Seeing the Forest, December 5, 2005. re John Altevogt
- "Swiftboating King's Funeral - Here It Comes!" Seeing the Forest, February 7, 2006. re swiftboating
- "The Swiftboaters Are Back in the Water," The Patriot Project, July 17, 2006; Seeing the Forest; The Huffington Post. re Vets for Freedom
- "Behind the Front: The Creation of Vets for Freedom," The Patriot Project, August 15, 2006; cross-posted at The Huffington Post.
- "ABC 'Path To 9/11' Connected To Ongoing Effort To Blame Clinton," The Huffington Post, September 9, 2006; cross-posted at See the Forest.
