http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/2101/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/nbc-mislabels-dem-mayor-r-after-providence-fires-all-its-school-teachers <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/brad-wilmouth">Brad Wilmouth</a> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float: right;"><img height="180" width="240" src="http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2011-02-27-NBC-NN-Taveras.jpg" /></div><p> On Sunday's NBC Nightly News, a report filed by correspondent Kevin Tibbles mislabeled the Democratic Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, Angel Taveras, as a Republican during the piece which recounted that the city's school board had fired all its teachers with the intent to hire back some of them to help solve the city's budget problems.<br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/nbc-mislabels-dem-mayor-r-after-providence-fires-all-its-school-teachers" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division AngelTaveras BiasAlert KevinTibbles liberalmediabias NBC NightlyNews Providence RhodeIsland Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:18:00 +0000 37403 at http://archive2.mrc.org http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/nbc-showcases-martin-short-championing-how-being-progressive-makes-canada-very-hip <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/brent-baker">Brent Baker</a> </div> </div> </div> <div style="float: right;"><img height="183" width="240" src="http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/uploads/2010-02-11-NBC-NN-Short.jpg" /></div><p>People around the world view Canada as "very hip" because of its "progressive" health care and environmental policies, actor/impersonator Martin Short contended in a soundbite featured in a Thursday NBC Nightly News story looking at how, on the eve of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canadians perceive themselves. <br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/nbc-showcases-martin-short-championing-how-being-progressive-makes-canada-very-hip" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division BiasAlert Canada Celebrities KevinTibbles liberalmediabias MartinShort NBCNightlyNews obamacare Olympics Sports Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:04:00 +0000 35664 at http://archive2.mrc.org