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Definition of checkbook journalism noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

checkbook journalism

noun
 
/ˌtʃekbʊk ˈdʒɜːnəlɪzəm/
 
/ˌtʃekbʊk ˈdʒɜːrnəlɪzəm/
(US English)
(British English chequebook journalism)
[uncountable] (disapproving)
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  1. the practice of journalists paying people large amounts of money to give them personal or private information for a newspaper story
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