"checkbook journalism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: chequebook journalism [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} checkbook journalism (uncountable)
  1. (US) The practice of journalists of paying a person or organization for the receipt of a news story. Tags: US, uncountable Translations (the practice of journalists of paying a person or organization for the receipt of a news story): breabiriseoireacht [feminine] (Irish)

Alternative forms

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