Which of the following is an example of “checkbook journalism”?

a. Walt Disney World’s paying expenses for journalists attending a Disney event
b. Reporters who paid neighbors of Jaycee Lee Dugard for information about her alleged kidnappers Phillip and Nancy Garrido
c. CNN’s reporters blending in with Fish and Wildlife agents during a raid on a ranch in Montana
d. Payment by a public relations firm to syndicated columnist Armstrong Williams to promote No Child Left Behind legislation to African-Americans


ANSWER: b

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