Silicon Valley (The Adobo Chronicles) – Where do Millennials — those who achieved adulthood beginning in the year 2000 — get their news?

The results of a nationwide survey of American Millennials conducted by the Bookings Institute may surprise you.

While the poll came back with some facts most people already knew, a few findings may be hard to believe.

As  for social media, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram remain the top venues where Millennials hang out. No surprises there.

However, the survey revealed these shocking trends which could have a great impact on the informed citizenry of the future:

• Millennials don’t tune in to real news like The Colbert Report or The Daily Show.
• They don’t tune in to fake news shows like FOX News either.
• They are confused as to whether CNN is a real or fake news source.
• 98% of Millennials have never heard of LinkedIn.
• More than 65% of respondents think that The Washington Post is run by the U.S. Postal Service.
• Majority  believe that The New York Times is the same as Playbill, the program pamphlet distributed at all Broadway shows.
• Majority think that Public broadcasts should be free and accessible to all Americans, especially Millennials; so Netflix should be free.
• 80% believe that Comcast is the same as Chromecast, so cable subscription should only cost a one-time fee of $35.

For details of this groundbreaking survey, visit the Bookings Institute web site.