In another age the whole journalistic community would rally around a journalist who refused to name a source or other information in court. If the reporter went to jail he became a hero to his peers and even to the public. Today the establishment news media is in such public disrepute, no one cares.
They still care and will raise a stink. They didn’t protect Judith Miller that much as a group since she was seen as too close to the Bush administration and therefore was a legit target since she wasn’t a “real journalist.” Just like conservative blacks, latinos or women aren’t real blacks, latinos or women.