Bibliograph

Left turn, how liberal media bias distorts the American mind, Tim Groseclose

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Left turn, how liberal media bias distorts the American mind, Tim Groseclose

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Left turn

Oclc number

682894420

Responsibility statement

Tim Groseclose

Sub title

how liberal media bias distorts the American mind

Table Of Contents

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

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