New York Daily News
One example: New York Post Page Six editor
Richard Johnson received a free trip to the Academy Awards last month, paid for by ABC and Mercedes-Benz. He got first-class airfare, a three-night stay at the Four Seasons Hotel and a car and driver. Post spokesman
Howard Rubenstein says: "Richard will not let his coverage be determined by anything he may have received for free, or any other benefits."
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Johnson has built personal and quasi-business relationships with those he has written about. He has been flown first class and put up free of charge in luxury hotels by companies, all while covering events for the column.
(New York Times)
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Fleetwood: "The chickens are coming home to roost for Page Six" (HP)
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Johnson: "I'm not giving interviews right now, not a word" (NYDN)
