by Joe Wallace

The holiday terrorism incident involving Northwest Flight 253 has effects that go far beyond some additional hassles in the screening line at the airport. One example–the tempest started over what’s known as “checkbook journalism”, where in at least two cases networks were exposed as having paid to get access to a news story. This little controversy even extends to the exclusive interview with the hero of Northwest Flight 253, Jasper Schuringa aired on CNN,

Want to know why Schuringa hasn’t been on the news in person since that day? He asked for additional payment beyond the licensing fee CNN paid for one of Schuringa’s cell phone images–more money or no further questions, please. That’s according to a report at Mediate.com. Continue reading Holiday Terrorism, Checkbook Journalism, and Transparency →