Liberal?

According to Forbes Magazine, the 25 most liberal people in the media. (I read about it in Salon.)

1. Paul Krugman
2. Arianna Huffington
3. Fred Hiatt
4. Thomas Friedman
5. Jon Stewart
6. Oprah Winfrey
7. Rachel Maddow
8. Josh Marshall
9. David Shipley
10. Markos Moulitsas Zuniga
11. Fareed Zakaria
12. Chris Matthews
13. Bill Moyers
14. Christopher Hitchens
15. Maureen Dowd
16. Matt Yglesias
17. Hendrick Hertzberg
18. Glenn Greenwald
19. Andrew Sullivan
20. Gerald Seib
21. Jim Fallows
22. Ezra Klein
23. Kevin Drum
24. Kurt Andersen
25. Michael Pollan

This is, of course, a preposterous list. Hitchens--ardent backer of the war in Iraq--a liberal? Because, I suppose, he is as well a champion of atheism and a critic of Mother Theresa. Author of The Conservative Soul Andrew Sullivan a liberal? Because he supported Obama and thought Sarah Palin was a lying liar and idiot? Kurt Anderson, host of NPR's Studio 360, a liberal? Because he champions all forms of artistic expression? Thomas Friedman, another backer of the Iraq War while being castigated as an idiot by Matt Taibi? Batty Chris Matthews a liberal because MSNBC has liberal guests. Michael Pollan a liberal because he a discerning critic of the food industry? Jon Stewart a liberal because he is non-discriminatory iconoclast? Jim Fallows and Fareed Zakaria, both cautious, brilliant, and articulate pundits/commentator, liberal? As Colbert would say,

Reality does have a well known liberal bias.

Granted, a few true liberals--Glen Greenwald, Rachel Maddow, Markos Moulitsas, Bill Moyers--made the list, but for the most part it's utterly without merit.