Tom Olohan
MRC Free Speech America Staff Writer

Tom Olohan joined the Media Research Center as a Staff Writer for MRC Free Speech America in April 2023. Previously Tom worked for America Rising as a Field Researcher and Media Monitoring Associate and interned with Heritage Action and AIPAC.  He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2016 before graduating from Boston College in 2018 with an M.A. in Political Philosophy. 

Tom Olohan | October 24, 2025

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales couldn’t keep his facts straight while defending the online encyclopedia, admitting it relies on legacy media while downplaying its effective blacklist of right-leaning outlets.

Tom Olohan | October 23, 2025

After years of contending with the Biden White House and its anti-free speech Big Tech collaborators, free speech defenders face an administration far friendlier to their values and, as a result, a wildly different social media landscape. …

Tom Olohan | October 17, 2025

This latest free speech victory could have huge implications for the future of European Union censorship in France. 

Tom Olohan | October 15, 2025

Is President Donald Trump an antisemitic fascist? Some of the biggest AI companies have continued to defend harsh and false leftist rhetoric levied against President Trump, even after his key role in the Israel-Hamas peace deal. 

Tom Olohan | October 10, 2025

A Washington, D.C.-based think tank attacked free speech, FCC Chair Brendan Carr and the Trump administration at a panel largely indistinguishable from the ideological diversity you’d see on an MSNBC segment.

Tom Olohan | October 8, 2025

Big Tech is feeding Americans a partisan and hypocritical narrative about the current government shutdown. In fact, three AI chatbots took Sen. Chuck Schumer’s side in blaming Republicans for the ongoing shutdown.