I know that these kinds of skills re "discerning the quality of information on the Internet" are part of the elementary curriculum up here. And so they should be.

The recent fake news issues in your recent election notches up the urgency for all of us. A lot of fake news wasn't even deliberately cooked by one side or the other -- it was simply click-bait, manufactured by "entrepreneurs" around the world who get paid by the click. They can say anything, without any consequences. They will not go away: it's easy money. With the fragmentation of Internet news distribution, discernment skills are absolutely critical IMO.