NO IT DOESN'T
There it is on the TV again. It's a news program and the stupid anchor is misusing this phrase.
Don't people learn anything any more?
"Begging the question" is a logical fallacy pretty similar to "circular reasoning".
It is NOT synonymous to "This question is begging to be asked."
NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT.
If you don't know this, you'd better get a clue and look it up. wikipedia.com has a good and brief section about informal fallacies.
Look it up there, learn to use the phrase correctly, and stop looking like an idiot.
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