Checkbook Journalism Means That

question 7

Multiple Choice

Checkbook journalism means that:

• A) You are paying the source
• B) Exorbitant journalist salaries are bankrupting the new divisions
• C) Networks are buying ""prepackaged"" stories from public relations firms
• D) Networks are over relying on focus group research and other pseudoscience techniques to vet their stories

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