Cash for answers
Posted by
Lou Thomas
on 17 March 2006 at 14:43
Tags: Express, Issues, Journalism, Nationals
After a week of speculation across the journalistic spectrum over exactly how much money tucked into a brown envelope is needed to become a Lord, The Daily Express have a story about their good mates at the Beeb paying once great footballer Diego Maradona £50,000 for an interview.
Their story on page 5 today says:
The Argentinian footballer would only agree to talk about the hugely controversial handball incident for money. The fee is an extremely unusual sum to be paid by a BBC documentary.
The Express may be on to something, after all, the BBC is funded by the public which means, by extension, that we are all helping Maradona with his retirement fund. But has the Richard Desmond-owned title ever paid an interviewee £50,000 for a chat..?
Tags: Express, Issues, Journalism, Nationals
