Re: Wow
A current Democratic definition of a "moderate" is "someone who agrees with everything the Democrats say but isn't very loud about it." As proof of that assertion, try and find someone important that Democrats accept as a "moderate" who has held even one major conservative position. Lieberman comes to mind.
Another use of the word is when Democrats are referring to a liberal Democrat who they really want to win in a red district. A leftist version of "sheep's clothing."
CNN is still pretty much a tool of the Democratic Party although, as you say, not to the fawning extent that MSNBC is.