Having read the article, I think there may actually be genuine cause for concern.
FF, from your summary, I understood that a pilot had hired an aircraft and flown it into a restricted zone. However, now I've read the article, it seems that it was actually a non-pilot who hired the aircraft, presumably paying to hire a pilot. The pilot then flew the journalist into the restricted zone, possibly without even being asked to do so. It seems that the pilot may have been unaware of the restricted area, or decided to ignore it in order to obtain photo opportunities (are there any "coastal landmarks" close to the power station which the journalist could have asked to photograph?) It seems like a lack of knowledge of the local area by the pilot. I can certainly recognise all the restricted/danger areas in my local flying area. If I'm general-handling outside of my local flying area, I'll try to keep well clear of any such areas.
Or, an alternative way of looking at it: since it seems the journalist was not a pilot, would he have known what altitude they were flying at? Could it be that they were well above any restricted area? In which case, this isn't just a case of dodgy reporting, it's an outright lie.
FFF
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