It does highlight an interesting dilemma. I know that I think citizen journalism is legitimate, and one shouldn’t have to be employed at an ‘approved journalism institution’ in order to be protected from search etc.
On the other hand, I wouldn’t want to see actual criminals able to protect all their secrets by opening a Blogspot account or sending out the occasional tweet. And it is not easy to see the line between journalism and other forms of writing.
Sadly, I don’t think that is of interest to current authorities. They seem to be more interested in protecting those who make them look good, and criminalizing or at least weakening those who make them look bad.
