'The Daily News carried an article about some local teenagers arrested for drug possession. Teenagers these days are nothing but a bunch of junkies.' Which fallacy is committed?
ARed herring
BStraw man
CArgument against the person (ad hominem)
DHasty generalization ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Hasty generalization
Explanation
A sweeping claim about all teenagers is drawn from one small report.
A single news item about a few arrested teens is the only evidence.
From that narrow instance the argument leaps to every teenager today.
A sample this thin cannot support a claim about the whole group.
Generalising from too few cases is hasty generalization.
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