I saw that same sentence and busted out laughing. "Someone else?" Is that the best he can come up with? I think we can about guess which group of "someone elses" came up with such a study...the fact that he doesn't say EXACTLY who did it says volumes. What a wonderful example of the claptrap that he probably wrote in college to get his "degree" (which is noted at the bottom of the article).
Lets look at the bottom of his article why don't we:
Greg James of Seattle is the CEO of Topics Entertainment, a Washington-based software company. He majored in international studies at the University of Washington, with a focus on Latin America.
Hmmm. A CEO. Sure sounds impressive, but a lot depends on what you're the CEO of. Anyone can call themselves a CEO. They don't even need to start an actual business. They just need to pony up the cash to "incorporate". And with a company name like "Topics Entertainment", one wonders. He calls it a "Washington based software company", but one look at the web page clearly shows Topics Entertainment is a wannabe publisher with delusions of becoming something like the "For Dummies" books. I guess it kind of makes sense for a "software company" run by a CEO who "majored in International studies."
And "International Studies"? Puh-Freaking-Leeze. With apologies to the actual students of International Politics out there, but he might as well have majored in "Leftist-One-World-Bullsh*t." Studying "Underwater Basket Weaving" or "Lumber Appreciation" would have been more legitimate.
And finally, I don't see an actual degree. A lot of emphasis on "a focus on Latin America," but no actual degree. A "major" is not a degree. Sophomores have "majors". Graduates have degrees. You can tell the difference because actual degrees have abbreviations like B.A., or B.S., or M.S., or Ph.D. If he had actually earned the right to any of these initials signifying an actual degree, you'd think he'd have mentioned it.