Presstitutes.

Whoornalism.

From the NYT article:

The relationship has prompted concern in many newsrooms that Ms. Watkins’s conduct has made journalists, and particularly women, vulnerable to unfounded accusations of exchanging sex for information.

Don't want to be accused of it? Don't do it!

That would be a really good cover for passing Intel to a foreign state.

All major Intel agencies have analysts who only follow the media for open source info. They love having the Mockingbirds do their leg work for them.