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checkbook journalism  

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  • The practice of paying sources for information—known as checkbook journalism—is something that journalists in mainstream news media in the United States generally consider to be unethical. In fact, many news organizations, including The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, specifically forbid this practice in their ethics codes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Journalism; Checkbook Journalism]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-DZSS2D4V-J

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