I was generally thinking about the things Glenn Greenwald describes in his book, [No Place to Hide](http://www.amazon.com/No-Place-Hide-Snowden-Surveillance-ebo...). For example, even though Greenwald is a respect journalist and regular contributor to the Guardian, when the Snowden scandal first broke, the NYT insisted on referring to him only as a 'blogger.' They also published a lot of op-eds bashing Greenwald's work as dangerous and non-journalistic.
Sorry, I don't have any better links or sources right now. I'm on mobile.
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Government-Surveillance-Securit...
No place to hide
http://www.amazon.com/No-Place-Hide-Snowden-Surveillance/dp/...
Democracy Inc
http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Incorporated-Managed-Inverte...