Media Malpractice: Media Obsession With "Slam"ing

Ok, so I've started to notice a trend in recent reporting.  What is with the media obsession with politicians "slam"ing, "rip"ing, or "blasting" other people or organizations?  the media can't come up with better verbiage than that?  Here are some examples:

Palin "slams" sexist Newsweek cover (CNN)

Critics "rip" new mammogram guidelines (Fox Noise)

AG "Blasted" for Bad History (Fox Noise)

DCCC "slams" Shadegg for suggesting Bloomberg's daughter will be kidnapped (CNN)

Palin "slams" Levi for "Porn" (CNN)

Axelrod "slams" Romney (CNN)

Thats just from the past 4 days!

Perhaps CNN and Fox News can find more descriptive ways to express their ideas, instead of using words that, I can only assume, are appealing only to the ignorant, uneducated, ill informed masses who think politics is a wrestling match.

Common Sense