TY  - BOOK
AU  - Groseclose,Timothy
TI  - Left turn: how liberal media bias distorts the American mind 
SN  - 9780312555931 (hardcover)
AV  - PN4888.O25 G76 2011
U1  - 302.230973 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - St. Martin's Press
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Objectivity
KW  - United States
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Press and politics
KW  - Liberalism
KW  - Conservatism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-277) and index; Introduction -- What are PQs and how do they reveal media bias? -- Caught in a trap: problems in judging media bias -- But I've been to Oklahoma -- PS and QS of PQs -- Defining "the center" -- Lies, damned lies, and omitted statistics : a case study in distortion theory -- Hidden under a bushel -- An "alien" conservative injected into a liberal newsroom and the topics she might cover -- Political views in the newsroom: viva homogeneity -- The second order problem of an unbalanced newsroom -- The anti newsroom: Washington County, Utah -- Walk a mile in the shoes of a centrist -- "Wise men from the center on budget and policy priorities say" -- The language of journalists and the special case of partial-birth abortion -- The language of journalists and the Gentzkow-Shapiro measure of media bias -- Facts about the Bush tax cuts: another way to measure media bias objectively and quantitatively -- The media mu -- Measuring the influence of the media I: many methods false and spent, and one that's not -- Measuring the influence of the media II: two more groundbreaking experiments -- The media lambda -- Rendezvous with clarity -- Walk a mile in the shoes of a centrist whose mind has not been distorted by media bias -- Epilogue
ER  -