There's nothing the media hates more than the term "Fake News" - except, possibly, the fact that it's managed to stick and become part of the popular lexicon. This is particularly true of outfits like CNN, a "news" organization that's not only the worst fake news offender, but also a channel that's been around long enough to remember the good ol' days. Back then, CNN could run whatever it wanted and rest easy in the knowledge that it would be taken as the gospel truth.
Then the internet arrived.