[chestnuttrees]

Probably none of these are true:

1. He explained himself clearly to a journalist. 2. The journalist understood what he was saying. 3. The journalist relayed it clearly and accurately. 4. He or the journalist didn’t exaggerate his success story.

To your specific point I read that as a layman’s explanation of bias, and not at all as actually implying that if a 1, 2, 3 comes up then it’s sure to be a 4, 5, 6 next.