Yeah, especially when the first amendment gets violated on the streets of America, today, as the journalists get beaten by the government goons in direct violation of free speech and freedom of the press.
Alternatively, you might consider that it could be real but a bipartisan thing, despite the term being used (and I assume coined) as though it's just the left wing.
Someone put together a long list of people Trump has tried to get cancelled, that seem to fit squarely within the usual connotations.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/politics/fact-check-trump-can...