Pixnit vs. Tel vs. armed thugs

Pixnit spray paints buildings and is an acclaimed artist. Tel spray paints buildings and is a common criminal. What makes one better than the other? A publicist?

Also, John Daley wonders why the Globe found Tel's arrest more compelling than a firefight on a Dorchester street between armed thugs and the police that forced the evacuation of several homes (to read about that, you'll have to read the Herald).