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）