Not Too Long Ago, The LA Times Lavished Praise on Don Sterling -- $ can't buy happiness, but it can buy praise

From Larry Elder via Instapundit:

And so, what many suspected is documented.

The liberals of Los Angeles loved Donald Sterling. So much so that the liberal Los Angeles Times – acknowledging the paper knew of stories alleging Sterling was a bigot – headlined and sub-headlined a loving profile of Sterling on January 3, 2010 by reporter Sandy Banks this way:

Donald Sterling is generous, impolitic and eager to be liked

The Clippers owner has one of the largest real estate empires in Southern California, gives money to charitable causes and has been accused for years of being a bigot.

And oh so much money to liberal causes did Donald Sterling give. The Los Angeles Times was thrilled.

Like it has been said many times before, Sterling bought indulgences, via contributions to liberal causes.