No Bill, you miss the reality of the internet. There are a plethora of "citations and sources" available on everything from demonic possession to the veracity of Elon Musk's musings.  Most of the "citations and sources" on Wikipedia are other Wikipedia postings or screeds from obscure blogs.

Do you really believe that anyone analyzes the drivel on Wikipedia and then contrasts and compares the "citations and sources" objectively to arrive at a rational conclusion?  The average American has the attention span of a gnat.

At least on Zero Hedge you know exactly what you are getting. Properly framing a source to establish a point of reference is, as it always has been, the key to separating fact from opinion, information from data, and wisdom from knowledge. 

As the Ancient so sagely opined:  "We learn nothing if we are prevented from facing the demons sent to challenge us to know."