Identify the Type of Fallacy in the Following Passage

question 101

Essay

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
Goldman may have won the Supervisor of the Year award, but that just means they didn't look very hard for a winner. I know a couple of people who work in Goldman's division, and they say that he's a real pain to work for. I'd sooner trust my friends than some awards committee.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.