HNers tend to be younger, I think, but I remember newspapers handling the McMartin Day Care case pretty badly. And how about the leadup to Gulf War II?
Who isn't a big fan of "impartial" news? People who don't have power (48 points, 17 hours ago, 77 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43627877
Who falls for fake news? Psychological and clinical profiling evidence (2022) (33 points, 1 year ago, 53 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38158604
You're not testing peoples ability to separate wheat from chaff, you're just diffing your world view to others with the assumption you're correct.
Don't get me wrong, i'm not a conspiracy nut, but if the last 5 years hasn't showed you that the mainstream consensus has large amounts of what the powers be wants you to believe, then your brain is toast. -- Theres no implicit binary here either, use some nuance.
completely junk "study"