I think like that guy, and I get bashed by my family all the time for doing so. Just because "the Dr on TV said this" or the "dietitian on the radio said that", and the "newspaperjournalist said so", it must be right - and I'm being defiant and stubborn for thinking otherwise.
The Funnel plot was an interesting device that I haven't seen before. Too bad it's not really something we can compile for ourselves as readers since the "standard error" isn't really something we can determine.