Our local dog trainer photocopied an AP story, including these snippets:

Louisiana has lost nearly 16,000 jobs since China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001 ...
In 2007 alone [...] Louisiana saw more than 1,600 workers lose their jobs.
Nationwide, the trade deficit is blamed for the loss of at least 2.3 million jobs.

Well, everyone knows how biased the Bureau of Labor Statistics is, but here are their numbers:

In 2000, LA total nonfarm jobs (NSA) was 1917.7k, in '06 it was 1853.2k, in '07 it was 1920.6k, and in June '08 it was 1950.9k. Total private workers in LA? In 2001 it was 1541.6k and in June '08 it was 1586.2k.

So, Louisiana has lost nearly 16,000 jobs since China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001 ...
In 2007 alone [...] Louisiana saw more than 1,600 workers lose their jobs.

In the US in 2000, 131.8m total nonfarm jobs, and in June '08 138.6m jobs. The total private numbers are 111m and 116.2m. So,
Nationwide, the trade deficit is blamed for the loss of at least 2.3 million jobs.

I guess even the AP doesn't feel compelled to double-check these things. Wait, I guess I left out a relevant section of the news article:

That's according to a study released by the Alliance for American Manufacturing, which blames the loss on the U.S. trade deficit with China.

One of these days I'm going to get Congress to force Papa John's Pizza to pay me restitution, because I have a huge trade deficit with them.