Is charging for journalistic non-coverage really such a bad idea?

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You may have heard that a writer for the New York Post’s Page Six has been accused of trying to extort money from a rich businessman. The alleged deal: The often-truculent gossip section would go easy on billionaire Ronald Burkle if he’d funnel a couple hundred-thousand bucks to the writer, Jared Paul Stern. While media coverage has focused on the journalistic ethics (or lack thereof) of the case, surely this is missing the big picture.

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