checkbook journalism
Americannoun
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During his approximately 20 minutes on the stand Monday before jurors were adjourned, Pecker explained the National Enquirer's "checkbook journalism" process and described his relationship with the publication's ex-editor-in-chief, Dylan Howard, according to NBC News.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2024
Pecker confirmed that the National Enquirer “used checkbook journalism, and we paid for stories.”
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2024
“His stories were kind of mind-blowing: stories of checkbook journalism, unconventional sourcing, bribes, disguises, espionage and all kinds of scurrilous tactics,” Landsman recalled.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2019
Critics called it checkbook journalism, and even Mr. Wallace conceded later that it had been “a bad idea.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2012
Haldeman a six-figure sum for a television interview, newsmen and others shuddered about such "checkbook journalism."
From Time Magazine Archive
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