{"product_id":"left-turn-tim-groseclose-9781250002761","title":"Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA leading political science professor provides scientific proof of media bias in this sure-to-be-controversial book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Tim Groseclose, a professor of political science and economics at UCLA, has spent years constructing precise, quantitative measures of the slant of media outlets. He does this by measuring the political content of news, as a way to measure the PQ, or political quotient of voters and politicians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong his conclusions are: (i) all mainstream media outlets have a liberal bias; and (ii) while some supposedly conservative outlets--such the \u003ci\u003eWashington Times \u003c\/i\u003eor Fox News' S\u003ci\u003epecial Report\u003c\/i\u003e--do lean right, their conservative bias is less than the liberal bias of most mainstream outlets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGroseclose contends that the general leftward bias of the media has shifted the PQ of the average American by about 20 points, on a scale of 100, the difference between the current political views of the average American, and the political views of the average resident of Orange County, California or Salt Lake County, Utah. With \u003ci\u003eLeft Turn \u003c\/i\u003ereaders can easily calculate their own PQ--to decide for themselves if the bias exists. This timely, much-needed study brings fact to this often overheated debate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Groseclose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250002761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250002761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Tim Groseclose","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994959675647,"sku":"9781250002761","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df301bc5-e46f-4e5a-9aec-651e0b40a98e.jpg?v=1683333195","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/left-turn-tim-groseclose-9781250002761","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}