Whether what is being reported can be classed as 'fake news' or not is totally independent of what tricks the presenters are also getting up to as they report the news. The presenters are very rarely the news. It's what they're saying that is the news.
Yes, in the three examples I provided they were not reporting actual news. They simply were making up something. Much like going to a play or movie and calling that news when it was fabricated.
Sorry. I was confused I guess by the fact that you chose to mention they were being deceitful about their whereabouts instead of referring to the 'news' they were actually sharing with the world. As in your first two examples.
Yeah in all three cases they were also talking about things they were witnessing that were just things they were making up at the time. Were their events occurring in the world at the time? Sure. Just not the events they referred to.
Well that clears everything up then.