No, no. This is not media fueled.
This is a construct by the GOP to attempt to portray the entirety of the Democratic party as thinking like or believing whatever AOC says. Same with Congresswoman Omar. The GOP would have you believe that every single person in the Democratic party is either an irrational pie in the sky communist or a Muslim terrorist sympathizer.
This is for their base. It raises money. It stokes fear, which is the hallmark of Trump's GOP. It feeds stereotypes, which are his bread and butter. It trades policy discussion for identity politics and loon conspiracy theories.
The death throes of the Republican party.