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More important than ever: media literacy (and critical thinking).
While it seems the theory and application is taught in school nowadays, i think it's mostly about keeping the critical thinking going every time you hear news or any information especially from friends and family.
We tend to believe stupid things if people we trust tell us. And if you have the foundations of critical thinking since your childhood it's much easier to accept that your thinking is / was wrong and change it. There are enough people whose mind can't be changed even with evidence or good reasoning.
Talking with children about why something is communicated the way it is, which parts can be trusted and which not, which problems it has and so on is very important. And especially not focusing on your own political / moral / religious view in those situations. You love religion X? Don't believe everything they say just because of that. You hate political party Y? Don't think everything they say is automatically a lie just because of that.