“the critiques of fake news are meant to make us go back to trusting mainstream media” – I have seen this from many places. Often the mainstream is major (not local) newspapers. Tacitly people endorse tv news (a disaster, in my opinion).

You may have seen me write or talk about this elsewhere, but I’ve found a political continuum in how people approach digital literacy. On one end, faith in democratic intelligence, that well-trained and -supported people can make decisions for themselves that will ultimately be better. On the other, a trust in major institutions and gatekeepers.
There’s an American tradition of this debate, but it occurs elsewhere, too.