It was a classic case of making lemonade out of lemons,
"The latest defeat came last week when a federal appeals court in Washington declined to reconsider a three-judge panel's ruling compelling Time magazine's Matthew Cooper and The New York Times' Judith Miller to testify before a federal grand jury about their sources or go to jail for up to 18 months. "
This really only applies if you tell the truth and your sources are reliable. Rathergate sort of killed liberal editorialists using false stories and false sources to skewer a sitting President.