Friday, January 20, 2006
Writer: Former HealthSouth CEO paid for favorable stories in small newspaper
By Jay Reeves
Associated Press
Published: 1/20/06
Excerpt:
Kelly McBride, who directs ethics programs of the Poynter Institute, which trains professional journalists, said the payments described by Audry Lewis are "a complete aberration" in American journalism.
McBride said it is so unusual for a reporter to be paid by a news source to write favorable stories that the allegations "are going to be on a lot of people's radar" and will be used as fresh ammunition by critics of the media.
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