Has the internet made confirmation bias worse?

[Xing]

I was thinking about this the other day. It seems like the internet really does indulge our confirmation bias in an awful way. We see this at work in politics. It's all too easy to search specifically for positive articles or hit pieces on candidates, rather than looking for a more objective analysis. We can search specifically for evidence/research which backs up our own beliefs and ideas, rather than being open to alternative ideas. There's so much out there on the web, and it's harder to definitively know the validity of our findings. What's even worse, in my mind, is that people seem to trust what they read online over what an actual expert claims.

I'll give you an example. There's a certain musical ability called "perfect pitch" (no relation to "Pitch Perfect.") I'll spare you all of the details, but there's some debate as to whether or not it can be learned. As someone who has studied music extensively, I know that it is not entirely innate, even if genetic factors contribute to the probability of it. Yet, I've encountered people claiming that it must be completely innate, because that's what they read online. I have friends who work in the medical profession, and they all have stories about how patients try and correct their doctors based on information which they found online.

I'm not here to go on a tirade about the internet, but I am personally worried about how much it allows us to indulge in our confirmation bias. Thoughts?