From the NYT coverage of the latest OJ Simpson trial:

The man who set up the hotel-room confrontation that led to armed robbery charges against O. J. Simpson testified Monday that he had received at least $210,000 from several news organizations, including ABC News, in exchange for interviews, photographs and parts of an audio recording he had secretly made of the events.
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Those fees included $150,000 from the celebrity gossip Web site TMZ.com for excerpts of [Thomas] Riccio’s audio recording, as well as $15,000 from ABC News and $25,000 from the syndicated television show “Entertainment Tonight” for what Mr. Riccio said were interviews about the confrontation.

But spokesmen for ABC News and “Entertainment Tonight” said the payments were not for interviews but for other materials. A spokeswoman for TMZ.com said the Web site does not comment about how it acquires material.

Emphasis added. So, the guy, Thomas Riccio, says one thing, the news orgs another. Note that only one of the parties was under oath! And what would be his impetus be to lie?

Entertainment Tonight, meanwhile, still hasn’t retracted its big scoop about the birth of twins to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt back in May, which it steadfastly said it stood behind in the face of all evidence to the contrary, including the denial of the still-pregnant mother. The kids were actually born six weeks later.