They could teach people to think, if they wanted to. So clearly they don't want to.
So, since schools aren't teaching our kids how to think, it's up to the parents.
Regarding the media, here's an interesting quote from Malcom X:
“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.”
Who knew Trump and Malcom X would have a common viewpoint?