so i think their ideology will be affected. >> host: professor tim groseclose is the author of k-9. are you a conservative personally? >> guest: i am. thirteen. chapter five. and discuss all of my views, which i think journalists should do. i hold myself to the same standard that i suggest strollers should be held two. >> host: is it a problem that we have bias in the media? people for the most part know what they're getting, don't they ? >> guest: i should say this. even though parlay the average journalists is something like 80 or 9100 on my schedule, that is their political quotient, where they feel in their heart. their reporting is much more moderate. the mainstream media is like 75- 65, may be high fifties even though i think in their heart they would like to report somewhere in the 80's and 90's. i think journalists are moderating themselves. in the same thing is probably true of fox news. is there a problem with the buyers? i actually think that it is good to have a variety. i do think there is a problem that among journalists is overwhelmingly on the liberal side. if you lo

. >> host: and we have been talking with tim groseclose, future george mason university professor to a left turn is the name of his book, a liberal media bias towards the american mind. and you're watching book tv on c-span2. >> next professor lynn vavreck discusses her book "the gamble" in which she and her co-author evaluate the factors that impacted the top to toe presidential election. this interview, part of book tv pellets series is just over 20 minutes. >> host: the gamble is the name of the book. ucla professor lynn vavreck is a cut-author of this book. lynn vavreck, when you hear the term gained change in politics what does that mean to you? >> guest: it is a great question to start off talking about the 2012 election. it is something that happens during a campaign that fundamentally chefs the ways the election is headed. so if you are behind suddenly you have the chance of becoming at. if you're winning maybe now it really looks like you will start losing. is something that shakes up the status quo. >> host: are there can changes in elections? >> guest: there certainly and