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chequebook journalism
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chequebook journalism
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(Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) the practice of securing exclusive rights to material for newspaper stories by paying a high price for it, regardless of any moral implications such as paying people to boast of criminal or morally reprehensible activities
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When the Daily Telegraph first disclosed details of the expenses scandal, he gave a pompous interview to Radio 4 Today programme accusing the newspaper of stooping to cheque book journalism.
So out of touch; Your Say by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
We thoroughly deplore,for instance, the cheque book journalism that buys stories and distorts facts.
Give good journalism due credit by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The case raised new questions about cheque book journalism and the tainting of trials by payments to witnesses.
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