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by Item_Boring 1898 days ago
As far as I understand people have already looked into that idea. To quote [1]: “Another, longer-run, approach seeks to improve individual evaluation of the quality of information sources through education. There has been a proliferation of efforts to inject training of critical-information skills into primary and secondary schools (12). However, it is uncertain whether such ef- forts improve assessments of information credibility or if any such effects will persist over time. An emphasis on fake news might also have the unintended consequence of reducing the perceived credibility of real- news outlets. There is a great need for rigorous program evaluation of different educational interventions.” [1] The science of fake news - http://pike.psu.edu/classes/ucas/2018-summer/p/science-fake-...