checkbook journalism
noun/ˌtʃekbʊk ˈdʒɜːnəlɪzəm/
/ˌtʃekbʊk ˈdʒɜːrnəlɪzəm/
(US English) (British English chequebook journalism)
[uncountable] (disapproving)- 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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