Trump labels fake news fake because it IS fake.

Case in point: WaPo' s fake article about a comprise of the US electrical grid.  It never happened .

Then there is this news outlet's repeated false assertions that Bana Albed tweeted from Aleppo.  

And don't forget the Russian invasion that simply didn't exist.

Fake news outlets are very busy these days defending their fakery.  But they won't abandon it.