Are you suggesting that all sources are exactly equal? If not, then people need a framework to determine source quality, otherwise we aren't really preparing them for the world. What is your proposal?
Isn't the idea not about instilling trust in specific news sources, but teaching how to recognize a good source or critically thinking about and comparing different sources?
No. At best you get Chomsky's manufactured consent. You get to compare the NYT article to the WaPo article and decide which one has the best information, and you may argue vigorously within that narrow window. You will never be allowed to cite "unapproved" sources in school. You usually won't even be able to cite something like wikileaks except in the context of how an approved source wrote an article about them.
