mo4ch:>Premature obsession: Ocasio-Cortez's top 7 media moments before setting foot in the Capitol | Mo4ch News

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has just started work, but you wouldn't know it, given how much the media have covered her since she was elected in November – the youngest woman and first avowed socialist to join Congress.Ocasio-Cortez has received more media coverage in the last few months than most congresspeople get in a lifetime, mostly for actions and statements that wouldn't warrant a second thought if they came from any other politician.The Right, in particular, has pounced on minor gaffes that would be quickly forgiven among their own ranks, but even they are only reacting to the heavy media spotlight that has followed her since the day she took out incumbent Democrat Joe Crowley in New York's 14th district in June's primary.It remains to be seen whether the frenzy over Ocasio-Cortez will be justified by her accomplishments. While her Green New Deal is certainly quite ambitious, the Democratic Party is still largely opposed to her progressive agenda, and i…