I imagine he’s talking about how they leak fake news, the media prints it with a shred of effort to verify it, and then they use those “media reports” to justify spying on people.
I am sure media paid Justice and Justice paid media, in one or nany ways. They were co-conspirators.
The issue is the way the FBI/CIA was leaking information to the media for the sole purpose of getting it published in the public domain ... and then using the published information as the legal grounds for getting FISA warrants.
That's the crux of this story, folks. When you hear about how the DOJ redacts reports "to protect sources and methods," they're not doing this to shield the identities of undercover agents or secret methods of surveillance. They're doing it to keep the public from finding out that media outlets like CNN, NBC, the New York Times, the Washington Post, etc. are FBI/CIA assets that were used to justify FISA surveillance on U.S. citizens.
He is talking about the bribery of government officials by media. Serious criminal offenses.
Some in the media have also done things like pay for expensive meals and sport event tickets for some in the FBI. I worked in gov’t over 30 years and the most I ever took as a gift from private was a coffee cup.