- checkbook journalism
- noun Date: 1963 the practice of paying someone for a news story and especially for granting an interview
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
checkbook journalism
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checkbook journalism — noun The practice of journalists of paying a person or organization for the receipt of a news story … Wiktionary
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