http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/2102/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