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chequebook journalism |
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chequebook journalism n (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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Paying for a news story - referred to as checkbook journalism - is something the National Enquirer might do everyday, but a professional journalist would never sully the integrity of his product with profits. For lots of people the story was the story: The Star's checkbook journalism, the "60 Minutes" rebuttal, and so forth. CHECKBOOK journalism as practiced by the supermarket tabloids and tabloid TV shows has always been considered unethical by responsible, mainstream media outlets. |
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