Dominating The Headlines

It isn’t surprising that Woodstock created a media frenzy, and the concert-goers even followed what was being said about them while the event continued. The reports were mostly negative, highlighting traffic jams, mud, and drugs.

A journalist named Barnard Collier, working with the New York Times back then, later admitted that his editors pressured him to write down negative reviews about the festival. It supported the perception that the festival was a dangerous initiative at the time. Fortunately, history rewrote the narrative, and we now appreciate Woodstock’s cultural significance. We can’t even imagine a world without Woodstock now!