^Unlikely/Difficult to pull off/Highly alarming if true/etc, but 'stupid' isn't the correct term in those issues, in my view. At least it isn't less stupid to think the media/government tells you the truth, than to think they outright construct a lie. Sometimes the latter is more probable. Sadly even when it includes death(s).
Which (obviously) is not a comment on any specific event, but might include many events of that nature.
unlikely is a huge understatement...