I posted this on my Ron Burkle submission earlier about how journalists take bribes to publish or not publish facts or disinfo:
NEW YORK POST, Page Six (gossip section) Journalists Richard Johnson and Jared Paul Stern were paid over $100,000 by Burkle as protection against stories.
"A New York Post Page Six writer solicited $220,000 from a high-profile billionaire in return for a year's "protection" against inaccurate and unflattering items about him in the gossip page, the Daily News has learned. In two 90-minute meetings, characterized by a shocking breach of ethics, Jared Paul Stern, a fixture on the city's gossip scene who also edited Page Six The Magazine, asked for a series of payments from Ron Burkle, the managing partner of Yucaipa Cos., a conglomerate with interests in supermarkets, celebrity clothing lines, and media. It was all a setup, a sting monitored by law enforcement.."
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millennial_vulcan ago
I posted this on my Ron Burkle submission earlier about how journalists take bribes to publish or not publish facts or disinfo:
NEW YORK POST, Page Six (gossip section) Journalists Richard Johnson and Jared Paul Stern were paid over $100,000 by Burkle as protection against stories.
"A New York Post Page Six writer solicited $220,000 from a high-profile billionaire in return for a year's "protection" against inaccurate and unflattering items about him in the gossip page, the Daily News has learned. In two 90-minute meetings, characterized by a shocking breach of ethics, Jared Paul Stern, a fixture on the city's gossip scene who also edited Page Six The Magazine, asked for a series of payments from Ron Burkle, the managing partner of Yucaipa Cos., a conglomerate with interests in supermarkets, celebrity clothing lines, and media. It was all a setup, a sting monitored by law enforcement.."
srayzie ago
My gosh. So dirty.
millennial_vulcan ago
are you surprised?
srayzie ago
Sadly, NO.