The Cancer That Is The Brown Envelope

A colleague’s fast answer was “you are doing something wrong…” to which, I responded, that “No, you are doing something right”. My argument was that only those opening themselves to be corrupted would be.

The brown envelop practice, is monetary inducement of journalists by corrupt individuals, companies, political parties, institutions and governments to get favourable coverage and kill off stories exposing their dirt. In the competitive world of politics, business and even sports, the corrupted journalist would be paid to write or broadcast negative, even create false stories against competition.