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I'm about to give up on this site.   Too many mistakes in this from them.

The Romney campaign is out with an ad hitting Obama on dealing with China and claiming that the U.S. has lost 582,000 manufacturing jobs since Obama took office.

Fact check: This apparently measures from January 2009, when manufacturing workers made up 1,255,200 workers in the U.S. In August, the latest month for which there is data, that stood at 1,197,000 – a net reduction of 582,000 manufacturing jobs. Of course, there is always an argument about which month of a presidency a president should begin to be blamed for jobs losses. The share of manufacturing workers hit its lowest point a year into Obama’s presidency, January 2010 – 1,1458,000. Compared to then, there are 512,000 more manufacturing workers, according to preliminary August data.

1,255,200 minus 1,197,000 is 58,200 not 582,000.

The Romney ad clearly shows the number 582,000

So who is wrong?   Romney or the fact checker?

Mallosi:  Why are you rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic?

I point out errors and question the accuracy, trustworthiness, usefulness and reliability of an organization that claims to check facts, and you bring up the Titanic and its deck chairs.

Can you please tell me, in your metaphor, what does the Titanic represent and the deck chairs?   And maybe the ice berg?   And are those who perished included someplace?