The verbage may have changed but this has been happening for a while and is certainly not limited to Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders. Article found from simple Googl

The verbage may have changed but this has been happening for a while and is certainly not limited to Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders. Article found from simple Google News archive search of "Pelosi" from 2004-2006: http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/28/tauzin.pelosi/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/28/tauzin.pelosi/inde... Same thing but "Bill Frist" instead: https://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/12/edwards.stem.cell/ https://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/12/edwards.stem.cell... Sure, "rips" and "knocks" have been replaced with "slams" etc but it's the exact same tactic that has been used for at least a while. It would be interesting to see how far back this media behavior goes, which outlets are most culpable, and which "side of the aisle" these articles are mainly targeting, because I genuinely don't know.