The fact that Debra is on the same side as Feinstein should have given her a warning.
“But then a terrorist group can — wink, wink — report on and broadcast a violent attack for the purpose of intimidation and then claim the mantle of reportage.
Likewise, an anarchist could broadcast classified information just for the fun of it.”
There are laws that can be put in place for her examples of abuses of the law. this is similar to the first Amendment and someone screaming “Fire” (or nowadays, “Gun”) in a crowded movie theater. That example is not enough to invalidate the First Amendment for everybody, does it? I therefore reject her examples. The critics are right that the Feinstein law gives the government too much power by allowing it to regulate who gets to call themselves a “journalist”.
IOWs Fineswine and the author are OK with that as long as the NYTs does the leaking. Which it has. Repeatedly.