It was the "FAKE" government jobs!-----23,000 Jobs Lost, but the Number Washington Hates Is 53,000 - David Manney

But buried one line deeper is a number worth noticing.

• Private employers added 30,000 jobs in July 
• while government payrolls fell by 53,000...

Statistics can tell very different stories depending on where somebody stops reading. 

The easiest headline is "23,000 jobs lost."

• It's accurate, but so is "private employers added 30,000 jobs."
• So is "government employment fell 53,000."

We deserve all three numbers because together they show what actually happened.
The government decline needs context, too. 

Of the 53,000 jobs lost, 50,000 came from local government education. (Learing centers!) 

Federal employment fell by only 3,000 in July...