chequebook journalism
noun /ˌtʃekbʊk ˈdʒɜːnəlɪzəm/
/ˌtʃekbʊk ˈdʒɜːrnəlɪzəm/
(British English) (US English checkbook journalism)
[uncountable] (disapproving)- the practice of journalists paying people large amounts of money to give them personal or private information for a newspaper story
支票簿新闻（指记者用重金购买的独家新闻）