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"Money can corrupt almost anything it touches, and that certainly includes the news."

This line from the SPJ (Society of Professional Journalism) describes the nature of the unethical and incredulous world of chequebook journalism. While tolerated practice throughout tabloid nations like the USA, Great Britain and even Australia, any journalism working off an even half-arsed innate code of practice will tell you exactly how wrong paying for news is.

The sex-scandal storm surrounding Australian entertainer Rolf Harris has highlighted the ethical and legal consequences of chequebook journalism. The Sydney woman, Tonya Lee, was paid for an interview where she accused Harris of inappropriately touching her as a 14 year old at a London pub in 1986. The very act of 'Woman's Day' 'A Current Affairs' exchanging money for the Lee interview has now stained that information with questionable validity, damaging Tonya Lee as a credible witness Discount Lebron Elite Hot Sale. Jurors of a courtroom have every justification now to ponder her motivation possible money? The money-hoarding woman is trying to hurt Rolf! an article from 'The Age', Tonya Lee claims that she told her story so "other alleged victims might come forward", yet what was the necessity to be paid for it? If Mrs. Lee allegations actually are true, then truly she is foolish in accepting money to spread her story. The contradiction of doing such a moral thing for financial gain, (a good 17 years after it allegedly occurred I might add), completely undermines the believability of the story, and it validity in court Nike Lebron 12 Shoes For Sale.

What makes matters all the worse, is that the paid interview was organised by celebrity agent Max Marson a man whom is reputed as reality TV stars cash in on their fifteen minutes of fame Sounds to me someone sucking the riverbed dry.

As Media Wise describes it, chequebook journalism further influences the testimony of witnesses, and even defence lawyers, by journalist waving that money bag outside the court room. As paying for an individual's information usually removes their control over its distribution, chequebook journalism can severely affect people's lives. The media-battlefield surrounding exclusive news is a merciless and uncaring one, which people only come to realise once it too late. If a publication has rights over a story, others will attempt to undermine it with quickly sourced information - usually coming at the sacrifice of accuracy.

There exists a very real danger when the foundation which the news is reported on is riddled with cracks. If chequebook journalism devalues the truth of a story, it could put an innocent man behind bars or let a guilty man walk free. Someone possibly, like our Rolf?

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