Wow. I'd never seen that memo before. As for Culberson, I've never seen a paper hate someone more.
That memo was online for a few hours before there was a dry retraction that it wasn't meant for the public's eyes.
It's not the first time the Comical has engaged in political games in the NEWS reporting. LBJ bought off the editors back in the 1960s. He held a letter that acknowledged the paper's "deal" in exchange for permitting a bank merger to go through that Houston's business community wanted. In return the Houston Chronicle was to not be critical of Johnson or the war in Vietnam.
This came out (with a lot of Johnson's audio recordings) in the 1990s.
Still wonder was is on JFK's tapes. They are waiting until everyone associated with the administration is dead before revealing the truth. Only hope those tapes survive long enough (I think 50 years was the stated date).