There had been a time when we thought that a „media shield“ law was a good idea. Such a law would make it explicit that journalists don‘t have to give up their sources. However, over the many, many years of the debate concerning such a law, we noticed a troubling pattern, in that politicians kept wanting to narrowly limit who was a „journalist,“ often saying amateur journalists don‘t count. Senator Lindsey Graham even explicitly stated that he wasn‘t sure if bloggers deserved First Amendment protections. A completely out of touch Senator Dianne Feinstein insisted that „real journalists“ draw salaries from big media companies. When Wikileaks first became a big deal, those working on the legislation actually worked hard to make sure that Wikileaks would not be covered.