CNN, MSNBC Bury FBI Agents Getting Freebies From Reporters

FBI agents’ relationships with the media extended to “improperly receiving benefits from reporters, including tickets to sporting events, golfing outings, drinks and meals, and admittance to nonpublic social events” and could have encouraged some agents to leak information to the press. Yet, they seemingly found the FBI’s culture of leaks and the possibility that reporters were bribing sources to not be as noteworthy.