The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel did a story on poverty, and shared the tale of woe of Jonniemae Ashford. She’s a 41-year-old grandmother raising 5 of her grandchildren. She says she takes home $187 every two weeks as a patient care worker.

So that’s about $230 or a little more in gross pay every two weeks. The going rate for patient care? Probably about $8 per hour. That means she works about 14 hours a week. Is she kidding? 14 hours a week at work, and we’re supposed to feel sorry for her?

But here’s the best part. The newspaper tells her story but forgets to check on her past, as they say they normally do before they do stories on people. Here is the paper’s note: