Their anti trans and pro cop beats aren't considered "opinion". It wasn't the opinion section that cut an exclusive deal to push Bannons smears about Clinton. It wasn't the opinion section when the owner got pissy about Biden not giving them an interview.
That money goes toward a lot more than Opinion, like worldwide beat reporters, war reporters, fact-checkers, lawyers and countless people who aren’t spouting takes but genuinely committed to publishing journalism versus the alternative, which is unregulated social media algorithms choosing fake news
