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西方新闻界目前流行一个时髦词汇叫“支票新闻”。那是指记者带着支票簿出去采访,用金钱向“知情人”收买耸人听闻的“独家消息”。《世界知识》就介绍过这样的奇闻: 在英国,有个凶犯杀害了十三名妇女。该犯被捕后,各报刊记者纷纷拥到他家中采访,妻子拒绝接见,众记者就在外拍门、敲窗,并高喊:“跟我谈谈吧,我愿意出最高的价钱!”记者的喊价越来越高,最后使凶犯的亲属动心了。两个兄弟接受了《明星日报》的采访,一个赚了五万美元,另一个赚了一万二千美元,父亲提供了凶犯一张照片,也捞进一万二千
A popular vocabulary in the Western press is “Check News.” That means the reporter went out to interview with a checkbook and used money to buy the sensational “exclusive news” from “insiders.” This anecdote was introduced in World Knowledge: in England, a murderer killed thirteen women. After the criminal was arrested, all the press reporters had interviewed him in his home and his wife refused to interview him. The reporters were patting the door and knocking on the window and shouting, “Talk to me and I will give you the highest price!” Reporter The higher and higher outcry, finally tempted the relatives of the murderers. Two brothers accepted the “Star Daily” interview, one made 50,000 US dollars, another earned 12,000 US dollars, his father provided a photograph of the culprit, but also fishing into twelve thousand