Mistaken, Not Shaken
As Burning Man raised in popularity year to year, the media started to catch onto the antics in the desert. In 1996, Larry Harvey was contacted by the San Francisco Chronicle accusing him of starting a cult in the desert. He denied the claims and instead referred to Burning Man as "Disneyland in Reverse, Woodstock turned inside out, the farthest thing from a cult but also still a cult.."
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