I think that it is the NYT's policy to not put giant pictures of potential disasters on their front page to avoid being sensationalist. I would not fault you f

I think that it is the NYT's policy to not put giant pictures of potential disasters on their front page to avoid being sensationalist. I would not fault you for disagreeing with that style. Most importantly I think that it risks missing important events: at first they are either not verified (or not verified to be important, like here) and a few days later they are no longer newsworthy. But at least it seems that there is some logic to it.