> As expected, young adults spend less time consuming news than average and far less time than the oldest group.
What the oldest group views as news the youngest view as fake news.
The definition of fake news is not broad enough because it doesn't end at hyperpartisan outlets like Breitbart. Those are just the extreme end of the spectrum.
On average it are the news sources from the center that have legit credentials to have the most impact as producers of fake news on the population. Manufacturing consent comes to mind from Noam Chomsky.
> the deliberate spread of online misinformation
Even when it is only expressed by the choice to not give a subject attention and thereby censuring important aspects of the "news". Censorship is most worst form of lying George Orwell wrote.