checkbook journalism
noun /ˌtʃekbʊk ˈdʒɜːnəlɪzəm/
/ˌtʃekbʊk ˈdʒɜːrnəlɪzəm/
(US English) (British English chequebook journalism)
[uncountable] (disapproving)- the practice of journalists paying people large amounts of money to give them personal or private information for a newspaper story