The woman who claimed to have given her 8-year-old daughter Botox
injections so she could compete on the kiddie pageant circuit now says
that she was put up to tell the story for money by Rupert Murdoch's UK
tab the Sun--meanwhile, ABC News' morning show had paid Claire Stevens
Limited, the woman's representative, $10,000 to license "exclusive"
photos of the story (it's withholding its payment for now in the wake
of the allegations):

http://www.adweek.com/news/television/dizzying-tale-botox-mom-131935

The problem here is that although the networks are obeying in spirit
their rules against payment of sources or interviewees, in many cases
they are paying reps of tabloid stories license fees in the rush to
beat their competition on the air for what grabs viewers more than
discussions of the economy or overseas politics, especially on the
morning shows.

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