I disagree with your analysis. He made these donations long ago, but apparently he doesn’t want to get involved with the editorial side of his newspapers, which is unfortunate.
Meanwhile, Zell is happily laying off liberal journalists left and right, so he is getting the last laugh here.
I’m sorry to say, but reporters having a videotape has nothing to do with the editorial staff or a newspaper’s editorial writing or endorsements.
Why doesn’t he make the reporters do what would be profitable?