Summary: <p>When reporting on poverty, the media fall into familiar traps and pundits make prescriptions that disregard the facts. So, in the fifth and final installment of our series, "<a href="http://www.wnyc.org/series/busted-americas-poverty-myths">Busted: America's Poverty Myths</a>," we present a <em>Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Poverty in America Edition</em>. It'll equip you with the tools to spot shoddy reporting and the knowledge to identify coverage with insight.</p> <p>With help from <a href="https://twitter.com/frechjack">Jack Frech</a>, former Athens County welfare director; <a href="https://twitter.com/KathrynEdin">Kathryn Edin</a>, co-author of <em><a href="http://www.twodollarsaday.com/">$2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America</a></em>; <a href="https://twitter.com/GregKaufmann">Greg Kaufmann</a>, editor of <a href="https://talkpoverty.org/person/greg-kaufmann/">TalkPoverty.org</a>; <a href="https://twitter.com/just_shelter">Matthew Desmond</a>, author of <em><a href="http://www.evictedbook.com/">Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City</a></em>; and <a href="https://twitter.com/KillerMartinis">Linda Tirado</a>, author of <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hand-Mouth-Living-Bootstrap-America/dp/0425277976">Hand To Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America</a>. </em></p>
