Writing for the Web site Mediaite, a New York-based internist, Dr. George Lombardi, reports on a patient who died of prostate cancer after refusing a PSA test after reading a New York Times article about how they are unnecessary. "My father was killed by the New York Times," his daughter said after the funeral.
The Mediaite article doesn't link to the killer New York Times articles, but here is one example of Times reporting dismissing the value of PSA tests: "Prostate Test Found To Save Few Lives," by Gina Kolata, March 18, 2009. A more balanced treatment is Tara Parker-Pope's "Answering Questions About the P.S.A. Test," October 6, 2011.