It's not worth charging/fining the reporter solely because of the distrust it will instill in all other confidential sources regardless of the facts surrounding

It's not worth charging/fining the reporter solely because of the distrust it will instill in all other confidential sources regardless of the facts surrounding this particular case. Nobody wants to consult a lawyer before talking to a reporter to see if that reporter might be held in contempt. So they simply won't talk to the reporter. The judge might win this one, but society on the whole will lose.