I always love it how the old guard media always describe far-left ideologues as “moderate” Republicans.
Yes, GOPers who receive Margaret Sanger awards for their support of infant murder and genocide qualify for the “moderate” adjective, which lifts them somewhat from the non-progressive, lowest level of political Hell—where conservatives boil in their own excrement.
Otherwise it’s business as usual for journalists (always self-described only as neutral or objective, even if they do start cheering in the newsroom when a leftist wins) when applying descriptive adjectives to conservatives: “ultraright”, “staunch rightwing”, “far right”, “rabidly right”, “certifiably right”, “criminally conservative, “jackbooted goosesteppers”, etc. If they haven’t taken their Cymbalta, it’s much worse.