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Updated March 19, 2010
ABC Is Guilty of Checkbook Journalism
By Dan Gainor
- FOXNews.com
The revelation that ABC News paid Casey Anthony $200,000 demonstrates how rapidly the media landscape is changing.
The term checkbook journalism has always referred to sleazy outfits so desperate to put some scandal in front of the public that they paid to get the story. That accusation now lands squarely on the desk of ABC News and the network is denying it lamely.
more at the link:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/03/19/dan-gainor-abc-news-casey-anthony-paid/
From the link above:
ABC Is Guilty of Checkbook Journalism
By Dan Gainor
- FOXNews.com
The revelation that ABC News paid Casey Anthony $200,000 demonstrates how rapidly the media landscape is changing.
The term checkbook journalism has always referred to sleazy outfits so desperate to put some scandal in front of the public that they paid to get the story. That accusation now lands squarely on the desk of ABC News and the network is denying it lamely.
more at the link:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/03/19/dan-gainor-abc-news-casey-anthony-paid/
From the link above:
As ABCNews.com explained, "Intimate, never-before-seen pictures and home videos of the girl and her young mother offer a rare window into Caylee's life." And possibly a rare window into the news practices at ABC.
ABC's undisclosed purchase of those images would appear to violate up to seven separate categories of the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics. Those violations include one to "Show good taste. Avoid pandering to lurid curiosity" and another to "avoid bidding for news." The network could be criticized especially for failing to disclose the financial relationship while its staff raised questions about people bailing out the defendant.