Be careful. Conservatism means different things in different societies. And, depending on the society and situation, not all conservatives are the good guys.
Example: Wahabbi Islamists are ultra conservatives.
Exactly... and even self-professed "conservatives" are not always very conservative... (E.g., someone who pushes a Big Nanny-State Government to enforce so-called Conservative issues is not truly conservative in my book.)
The only thing that the label "conservative" means, when used in a news story, is that the lame stream media doesn't like the person or group to whom it is applied.