{"product_id":"9781250002761","title":"Left Turn : How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLeft Turn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Tim Groseclose, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With knowledge there is victory and power.  This book helps Americans learn the truth and discover how we are being manipulated by the mainstream media.  It is hard to understate how brilliant and insightful \u003ci\u003eLeft Turn\u003c\/i\u003e is.  It is, I believe, one of the most important books ever written about American politics.” —\u003ci\u003eCongressman Paul Broun, M.D. (R-Ga.)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I'm no conservative, but I loved \u003ci\u003eLeft Turn\u003c\/i\u003e.  Tim Groseclose has written the best kind of book: one that is firmly anchored in rigorous academic research, but is still so much fun to read that it is hard to put down.  Liberals will not like the conclusions of this book, which in my opinion, is all the more reason why they should want to read it.” —\u003ci\u003eSteven Levitt, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, and co-author of Freakonomics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book--an evolution from the pioneering article in the 2005 \u003ci\u003eQuarterly Journal of Economics\u003c\/i\u003e by Groseclose and Jeffrey Milyo--uses a clever statistical technique to construct an objective measure of conservative or liberal bias in news coverage.  This method and those now adopted by other serious researchers show clearly that most U.S. news outlets lean left.  Most frighteningly, we learn that the media bias actually affects the ways that people think and vote.” —\u003ci\u003eRobert Barro, Professor of Economics, Harvard University, and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book serves up the most convincing evidence for media bias I have seen, ever.  Tim Groseclose is the leading academic scholar in the area, but this is a smartly-written book which every person can read for enlightenment and also for pleasure.” —\u003ci\u003eTyler Cowen, Professor of  Economics, George Mason University, and co-author of the internationally acclaimed economics blog, MarginalRevolution.com.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In writing this book Professor Groseclose has done a great service for our country.” —Congressman Allen West (R-Fla.), (Lt. Col. U.S. Army, ret.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250002761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40631195009230,"sku":"9781250002761","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_7d122b1b-2600-4e5c-86b3-02abee37caa1.jpg?v=1638840266","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250002761","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}