Stupid
Reuters just published an article entitled Neither Bush Nor Kerry Understands Women Voters, which states that:
Most American women … don’t feel that President Bush or John Kerry understand them, pollsters and independent experts said on Tuesday.
Then we find out that this broad generalization is based on a study that Lifetime did of 1,000 women. Hmmph. Every woman I know–admittedly, not an accurate representation of the population–is firmly entrenched on the Kerry side. On the other hand, I don’t know a single woman who watches Lifetime. Or at least admits to it.
What bothers me about this article is that there’s this incredible leap of logic; Lifetime viewers probably represent a small percentage of the population, but the thrust of the argument is that all women feel this way. It’s sloppy thinking and sloppy reporting.