That is why I used "quotation marks" to indicate that I was referring to the moral panic about fake news that was suddenly plastered over the Dem-linked media (NYTimes, Washpost, CNN, CNBC, etc.) starting November 10th which led to the search spike which can be very clearly seen here:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=fake%20news

Edit: oh look you downvoted the comment below after I pointed it out. how cute.