Relative perspective
It all depends on where you stand, TB. I don't consider the press, or even myself as particularly liberal. More of a moderate, somewhat left of center. Jerry Brown was a liberal, that's where liberal actually begins, just to the left of Governor Moonbeam.
Things look skewed left to you because you're standing too far to the right. There are still some real far-out, wacko liberals out there, dangerous ones, people who make your opponents on this board look positively benign and moderate. The reason they do is because your opponents on this board ARE moderate and benign.