Quote Originally Posted by jev View Post
It's not the image that counts, it's the story. Hey, it's a newspaper! If it had been available, a better quality image would've been nice, but sometimes it just isn't there.

Another "fine" example of this is this shot of a Dutch politician that was shot in 2002 (warning: disturbing imagery!). This image won Robin van Utrecht the silver camera, a highly regarded prize in photojournalism.

Or what about this (2007 world press photo winner).

This is news, not photography. Registration, contents by far outweighs phototechnical issues.
I beg to differ on the image not counting...The image, IMO does count - it sells the story from a distance. If you can't get a decent photo, the story doesn't sell (or doesn't sell as well as it could had the photo been better thought out) and the editor should NOT be running the story (or running it without a picture). At the end of the day, the photograph might be poor, the editor has the last call...