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001 2011005975
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008 110217s2011 nyua b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aPN4888.O25$bG76 2011
082 00 $a302.230973$222
100 1 $aGroseclose, Timothy.
245 10 $aLeft turn :$bhow liberal media bias distorts the American mind /$cTim Groseclose.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c2011.
300 $ax, 292 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [261]-277) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
650 0 $aJournalism$xObjectivity$zUnited States.
650 0 $aJournalism$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPress and politics$zUnited States.
650 0 $aLiberalism$zUnited States.
650 0 $aConservatism$zUnited States.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1116/2011005975-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1116/2011005975-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1116/2011005975-s.html