Wrong, BS.  Stop making up stuff.  Things of value under the law has always referred to any goods that have a certain utility to the recipient that is real and that is ordinarily not given away free but is purchased.  Examples include free transportation, hotel accommodations, golf outings, stocks and bonds, real property and the like.  Rumors, gossip and dirt about political opponents are not considered things of value under the law.  This is my source:  https://definitions.uslegal.com/a/anything-of-value/.  What is yours?