Rev. Jesse Jackson http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/21040/all en While Trying to Smear House GOP as Racist, MSNBC Mixes Up Rep. Jesse Jackson With Rev. Jesse Jackson http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/while-trying-smear-house-gop-racist-msnbc-mixes-rep-jesse-jackson-rev-jesse-jackson <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/kyle-drennen">Kyle Drennen</a> </div> </div> </div> <p> In the midst of fill-in host Craig Melvin hyping accusations that black lawmakers were "being unfairly targeted for ethics investigations" by the Republican-led House Ethics Committee during Firday's News Nation on MSNBC, <strong>the channel's graphics department mistakenly displayed an image on screen of the Reverend Jesse Jackson senior, instead of his son, Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.</strong> [<em>Listen to <a href="http://newsbusters.org/sites/default/files/2012-05-18-MSNBC-NN-Melvin.mp3">the audio</a></em>]<br /> </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/while-trying-smear-house-gop-racist-msnbc-mixes-rep-jesse-jackson-rev-jesse-jackson" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Craig Melvin House Republicans Jesse Jackson Jr. MSNBC News Nation Rev. Jesse Jackson Fri, 18 May 2012 20:43:41 +0000 kyle.drennen 40127 at http://archive2.mrc.org