USA Today reports on a Harris poll claiming that the percentage of adults with a "great deal of confidence" in military leaders stands at 54%.
Politicians commonly believe that they must make their political statements (often called sound-bytes) very short because the attention span of listeners is so short. A similar effect occurs in reporting statistical news. Major statistical studies are often reduced to one or two sentences.
Describe what crucial information is missing in the given statement and what more you would want to know before you acted on the report.