Back in March, we pointed out that Senator Chuck Schumer had more or less admitted that his attempt at a media shield law (protecting sources) likely wouldn‘t protect Glenn Greenwald. While Schumer argued that it was still „better than current law,“ we‘re still skeptical about Congress‘ efforts here, given that it seems to involve them determining who is, and who is not, a journalist. That‘s problematic on all sorts of levels.

Carey Shenkman has decided to dig into the Free Flow of Information Act, and has found that it‘s basically useless.