/cha-YO-te/
A journalist, influencer, or media figure who gets paid to publish favorable content for politicians or corporations — a media plant. In Mexico, the 'chayote' (the vegetable) became slang for these payments, and chayotiada journalism is the editorial output they produce.
"That journalist is on the payroll — everything he writes is paid for."
"The government has the whole press on the take."
/cha-YO-te/
A journalist, influencer, or media figure who gets paid to publish favorable content for politicians or corporations — a media plant. In Mexico, the 'chayote' (the vegetable) became slang for these payments, and chayotiada journalism is the editorial output they produce.
"That journalist is on the payroll — everything he writes is paid for."
"The government has the whole press on the take."