The Tampa Bay Times has come under fire for valuing a scoop more than federal government security when it failed to notify the Secret Service with sufficiently in advance that a Florida man planned to land his one-man gyrocopter to land on the Capitol lawn on Wednesday. (The Washington Post, April 15, 2015, by Paul Farhi with Marc Fisher)
Postal employee Doug Hughes told the Times last week he was going to fly from Gettysburg to land on the Capitol lawn in a protest on campaign finance reform. The Times then sent two journalists to cover the story. (Poynter, April 15, 2015, by Benjamin Mullin)