(INVESTIGATIVE REPORT) AP Story Wrongly Elevates Number of Poor Elderly, Says Commerce Dept.
The U.S. Department of Commerce is angrily refuting a claim made earlier this week in a report by the Associated Press that the number of elderly Americans in poverty is expected to double under a new formula being devised by the Census Bureau. The AP made the extraordinary assertion Tuesday (March 2) in an article that has since been distributed to and reprinted by thousands of U.S. and international news outlets.
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03/05/2010 11:21 AM | From Aging News Alert
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