..And maybe a thousand more deaths if you included the 10-year existence of bitcoin. Media outlets are quick to sensationalize the crashes and the rise of bitcoin, and this makes it more 'interesting' for the masses hence the search spikes in relation to the word 'bitcoin'. Usually, the articles written about bitcoin's death is nothing but the writer's opinion, with a few given facts that are too obvious to include on a hastily-spun article. There are also some pure FUD articles that don't care about facts but just the 'death' of bitcoin itself (which is negligible IMO, but still adds up to the reasons why bitcoin is searched by people on the interwebs).
could it be that mainstream media is being bribed by the some unscrupulous traditionalists who cannot accept this breakthrough and spread out news articles to tarnish the image of bitcoin and make the public always feel skeptical?
This happens, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's always the case.