> While I won't deny the sensationalist nature of the coverage (it is the British press after all), I do think it's still generally fair. It's not, it's a cons

> While I won't deny the sensationalist nature of the coverage (it is the British press after all), I do think it's still generally fair. It's not, it's a consequence of the politization of the event. The conservative press is directly hostile because of the openly liberal stance the festival takes. The coverage in e.g. The Guardian [1] is substantially different. I've been there this year, the event is incredible - it's very impressive to see how well everything works and how well people from very different backgrounds, with different tastes, different ages etc. just get along and have fun. The quality of the acts and organization is very very high. While the garbage photos are true, there are more than 200K people there for 5 days, then they all leave at once! It has nothing to do with drugs, imagine a city emptying out all at once.