A balanced "information diet" (!?)

BBC World set up a panel debate yesterday at TED which fielded the somewhat eclectic mix of Google's Sergey Brin, legendary journalist Carl Bernstein, Ugandan journalist Andrew Mwenda, (Pattern Recognition favorite) Professor Dan Gilbert and Queen Noor of Jordan. Moderated by the BBC's Matt Frei, the topic was “How True is Your Worldview”  - how much do people trust the media, old or new, and how does the media shape our view of the world.
The debate generated some really interesting ideas, including the following by Professor Gilbert:
"We know people have an unlimited appetite for fat and sugar. We evolved that way. We don’t want to take away anyone’s right to make high-fat icecream. The government has tried to level the playing field - information labels on food. We need to do as much for our information diet as we do for our physical diet".
Read more at Ethan Zuckerman's excellent blog coverage or wait for the broadcast on BBC World in late March.