Woodstock coverage

I was recently reading a Wikipedia.org article on the original Woodstock music festival in August 1969. One of the interesting sub-plots was on how the New York Times chose to play the story. The editors, reportedly, wanted their man on the scene, Barnard Law Collier to frame the event as a giant public nuisance full of shameless music, traffic james and rampant sex and drug use. Nevermind about the legendary gathering of some of the greatest musical artists of the 20th Century, such as Santana, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix among many many other giants of the field.

I guess, as a reporter, it's always important to get your perspective across in the story, regardless of what the old fogies back in the office say.

Original New York Times coverage of the event here.