"These days if something extraordinary happens - such as a phone blowing up in the middle of the day - it is usually filmed." Are you sure there's no selection

"These days if something extraordinary happens - such as a phone blowing up in the middle of the day - it is usually filmed." Are you sure there's no selection bias going on here? In today's media/internet climate, I think your vastly more likely to hear about extraordinary events that have been filmed than those that haven't.