August 9, 2013
California Senator Dianne Feinstein has proposed an amendment to the Media Shield Law – an irrelevant law ignoring protection already afforded by the First Amendment – that would limit the law’s protection only to “real reporters,” not bloggers and other upstart alternative media types.
A real reporter, declared Madame Feinstein during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, is “a salaried agent” of a media company like the New York Times or ABC News, not a shoestring operation with volunteers and writers who are not paid.
http://www.infowars.com/feinstein-youre-not-a-real-journalist-unless-you-draw-a-salary/
More
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/why-sen-feinstein-wrong-about-whos-real-reporter
and
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/sen-feinstein-says-only-salaried-journalists-should-be-protected-by-shield-law-130805?news=850778