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Is Mitt Romney a Multi-Billionaire? Ask the AFP

By: Sydney Smith
January 02, 2013 09:25 AM EST
 
Is Mitt Romney a Multi-Billionaire? Ask the AFP
 
(Credit: YouTube, NYT, screenshot)
 

Billionaire, millionaire, same difference? Agence France Presse misidentified former U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney as a "multi-billionaire" when he's really just a multi-millionaire.

The error was made in the AFP's Dec. 23 article on comments by Romney's son Tagg Romney about his father's interest in being president.

iMediaEthics has asked the AFP for a correction and will update with any response.

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