[ladtx]

Reporters ask stupid questions. I think it comes from everyone actually believeing the old saying "there's no such thing as a stupid question". When I was training Army Warrant Officer Candidates many moons ago I told them that that old saying was stupid and yes there were stupid questions and I had better not hear any from them or there would be hell to pay. It made them put their brain in gear before they engaged their mouth. The result was a WO candidate who could and would think for himself. Same should apply to reporters, but then again I know that's asking a lot of some of them.

[gwjack]

Well stated. I can't help but think of the Sean Connery character in "Finding Forrester" chastising the Rob Thomas character after being asked if he goes outside: “That isn’t a soup question is it— it fails the basic criteria of a question in that it does not solicit information that is important to you.”

"Soup" questions dominate our media and culture. I think it is a symptom of people wanting to hear themselves talk.

Gwjack