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Left turn : how liberal media bias distorts the American mind / Tim Groseclose.
Publication details: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2012, c2011.Edition: 1st St. Martin's Griffin edDescription: x, 292 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9781250002761 (pbk.) :
- 1250002761 (pbk.) :
- PN4888.O25 G76 2012
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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Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011.
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.
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