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He also called the series an example of "checkbook journalism."

"Sounds like a creative form of checkbook journalism to me."

But even as they denounced "checkbook journalism," the newspapers made sure to report each new development.

So far, Western news organizations have rejected the film, calling it checkbook journalism.

I think it's terrible that we're being accused of checkbook journalism."

O. J. makes tabloid media and checkbook journalism stronger than ever.

Another is that checkbook journalism - paying for news - is a very bad idea."

Some mainstream journalists expressed criticism of his "checkbook journalism".

The tapes' producers were paid $500,000, which prompted charges of checkbook journalism.

The worst fears about "checkbook journalism" must be balanced against the value of exposing what actually goes on in the jury room.

And checkbook journalism has started to prevail.

More recently, celebrities have adopted these contracts to protect themselves against checkbook journalism and embittered assistants.

The arrangement sounds like checkbook journalism, with a dash of "Hard Copy" thrown in.

One of our standards is to avoid "checkbook journalism," wherein a news organization, print or electronic, pays money to get someone to talk.

In retrospect, this early example of checkbook journalism was a gross abuse of corporate prerogative.

The furor over Mr. Jackson has raised other allegations of checkbook journalism.

But we don't do checkbook journalism.

"Checkbook journalism," she said, has led to people to demand payment for their accounts, money that she would not pay if she had it.

This was not checkbook journalism."

Most reputable news organizations, for instance, forbid checkbook journalism on the theory that it inevitably attracts questionable sources and unreliable information.

If People magazine hadn't been bound by the taboo against checkbook journalism, it could have exposed Deep Throat on its cover this week.

To the Editor: Writing about "checkbook journalism" in "We Pay for News.

"Dateline" was accused of checkbook journalism, which technically would be correct if the cheesy magazine program actually rose to the level of journalism.

As Frost had agreed to pay Nixon for the interviews, the American news networks were not interested, regarding them as checkbook journalism.

The Gennifer Flowers story was sleazy rubbish picked up from a supermarket trash sheet's checkbook journalism.