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by musicale 726 days ago
As you suggest with source evaluation, there is something to be said for trying to teach some methods of verifying whether something is true (for some definition of "true") including methods for assessing (to some extent) the accuracy of various sources of information, finding information that may have been omitted, identifying underlying assumptions and viewpoints, etc.

Unfortunately, as dang has noted, fact checkers tend to find facts that support their position and to ignore or discredit those that do not. It's even a problem for scientists and researchers.

I still like the idea of a curated collection of sources.