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LEGAL AND BUSINESS CAREER Johnson was born in St Paul, Minnesota in 1940. He undertook a Bachelor's Degree at Dartmouth College and went to law school at the University Of Minnesota , graduating in 1966. His career started in Colorado before moving to Wisconsin. Johnson returned to Minnesota in 1975 with his wife and family. At one stage, he was a partner of John Hinderaker in a law firm. He became a Vice-President of Bemis in 1988 before becoming Vice-President of the TCF National Bank in Minneapolis. PUBLIC POLICY In 1988, Johnson became active on the Edina, Minnesota School Board and served as its chairman between 1990 and 1994. He became interested in school reform issues serving as the Chairman of the Minnesota Coalition for Educational Reform and Accountability in 1994. Johnson started working with Hinderaker on opinion pieces on tax, welfare reform and other public policy issues. The articles were run in conservative publications such as '' National Review '' and a wide range of newspapers. Both Johnson and Hinderaker became involved with the Claremont Institute where they met Paul Mirengoff . POWER LINE Hinderaker, Johnson and Mirengoff founded the Power Line Blog in 2002. It quickly became a popular site for conservatives as blogging became more important in politics. On September 9 , 2004 Johnson posted the "61st Minute" on flaws in the Killian Documents used on a 60 Minutes Wednesday story on the George W. Bush Military Service Controversy . He often times blogs from his bank workplace {Link without Title} . The story quickly spread to other blogs and then to the mainstream media. After defending the veracity of the documents for two weeks, CBS reversed its position and admitted that the documents had not been properly authenticated. After an internal investigation, producer Mary Mapes was fired by CBS, several other executives resigned and CBS apologised to viewers. In 2005, Mapes published a book '' Truth And Duty '' claiming that Karl Rove was the mastermind behind the attacks. The CBS public eye stated in a review "there's no evidence brought forth - just assertion." CBS News Public Eye "Mary's Land: Planet of the Mapes" November 20, 2005 As a result of the 61st Minute Power Line became even more popular obtaining half a million hits on US Election Day in November 2004. The site was named as the first Time Blog of the Year with Lev Grossman writing in the article "Before this year, blogs were a curiosity, a cult phenomenon, a faintly embarrassing hobby on the order of ham radio and stamp collecting. But in 2004 blogs unexpectedly vaulted into the pantheon of major media, alongside TV, radio and, yes, magazines, and it was Power Line, more than any other blog, that got them there." Time Magazine Media Release "Time names Power Line 2004 Blog of the Year" 19 December 2004 As a result of the increased profile, Johnson was asked to appear on television political shows on networks such as CNN . REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2005. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC |
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