More scenes from the NMF. I noticed the OU Daily effectively trashed the festival in Monday’s edition by focusing on some minor technical issues and deficiencies of the festival website. They found two out-of-towners who were confused where to go.
Now come on. You go to where the music is playing. If you don’t like that music you go to the next stage. That’s how ALL music festival’s work.
By dwelling on some glitches the Daily did not accurately portray the over-all festival. The article was factually accurate, but the over-all impression created certainly did not match my experience on Sunday. That’s one challenge for reporters and editors — to make sure the over-all message of the story is an accurate one, not just the details provided in the story.
I thought the festival was great. Even the security guards were mostly cool. This security guy just flat out looks cool:
