The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Barack Obama ad says manufacturing jobs fared worse in Massachusetts under Romney

President Barack Obama’s campaign took aim at Mitt Romney’s economic record as governor of Massachusetts in a television ad released June 4, 2012. The campaign is paying a reported $10 million to air the ad in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. One of the claims: "When Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs, a rate twice the national average." We'll examine this claim in two parts: Are the numbers right? And is Romney to blame? We turned to the ...

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