Actually as I think about it more, I think the original post *is* wrong because they are under the mistaken impression media coverage is supposed to reflect reality as a whole. Which is a common mistake! But it actually reflects a narrow subset of new events (hence, "news"). Key is knowing that and

keeping that perspective when consuming news, rather than falling into the belief that the news, writ large, is going to be an accurate summation of all things that are happening at all times. There's a difference