Originally Posted by RichieLion

I see the point being made here, but if you regularly read many sources on a regular basis and don't just rely on searching for something, you can overcome this "filtering" to a great extent.

News junkies wouldn't have this problem to a big degree I would think. It's the people who only react when they've heard something, and only get news this way that would be affected like this speaker says.

I do both. I read voraciously, and if I hear something interesting or I need extra info, I will search for it.

This guy did give an interesting talk, though.