My all-time favorite stupid question was on the SF Bay Area news one morning during a murder trial of a man who killed his wife and dumped her body in the bay. While interviewing a legal expert the talking head asked, “Are there any surprises expected in the Peterson trial today?”
I can’t remember what the legal expert said, but he should have said, “Um. No. If they were surprises we would not be expecting them.”
I have to admit, the black hole discussion just makes me shake my head. Another piece of evidence that many journalists are incompetent. There is no excuse for a journalist on national news being so ignorant of science.