Clean Up Your Act, Burning Man; Show Us The Money | Anderson Valley Advertiser
Burning Man finances are fishy. This has been the source of my discomfort with BM for many years, and I’m not alone. A “red flag” was raised for me many years ago when I had an assignment to cover BM for a major publication and was told by BM that I had to sign a long disclaimer and was not to ask about money. I refused to sign, as any real journalist would. More recently, two publications declined to print a piece such as this, as “we get free tickets” — a time-(dis)honored way of heading off hard questions. As for photographers, a recent San Francisco Chronicle piece said the BM rules on this were “fascist” and that seems a bit hyperbolic, but I can see both sides on that topic, as some people still do value their privacy. But they are extremely strict and legalistic at a minimum.
