Unfortunately, that depends on how popular the politician is. I hope this isn't some weird "because some politicians might get away with obstructing search war

Unfortunately, that depends on how popular the politician is. I hope this isn't some weird "because some politicians might get away with obstructing search warrants and issuing death threats, then journalists should be able to get away with it, too." You don't fix a carve-out with more carve-outs.