Discussion Topic: Media Deliberately Avoiding Saying 'BP Caused the Oil Spill?'
1BWPStaff
05-02-2010 @ 10:14 PM
(bwp wire) The media is busily reporting the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The only problem here is that the oil spill should be titled the British Petroleum (BP) Oil Spill. The media is totally avoiding saying BP America (the combination of Amoco Oil and BP) caused the spill. Now why is that? Is the media trying to deliberately put the blame on the Obama administration versus the corporation that caused the incident? Why would the media do such a thing: to create a villain other than the true villain? This could be one of the reasons that people have lost faith with the mainstream media: they are so easy to see through.
The key here folks is that BP caused the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. When you watch television anytime today, observe how the media is avoiding 'Who' caused the spill.
But watch the media try to bring in the word Katrina. Just watch them. Katrina was a natural disaster turned debacle due to the inactions of the FEMA leadership and the inaction of our former president. This disaster was caused by a corporation with billions of dollars of resources. Within minutes of the disaster the Coast Guard was on the scene. It was believed that BP was capable of handling their spill. They were not and the government was all ready to go.
The media needs the public to connect Obama with the British Petroleum (BP) caused disaster. The media needs the man on the street to believe that Obama could have prevented the disaster from happening. Why? Only the media owners and news producers that meet every morning to set their daily priorities know this. But one thing the citizen should know is that the media needs you to believe that BP America has little to do with the disaster when they had everything to do with the spill.
Yes, we're starting somethin'
2mem-ra
05-03-2010 @ 5:58 AM
and?
3cleodine
05-03-2010 @ 7:26 AM
4grassroot
05-03-2010 @ 8:58 AM
Obama Vows BP will Pay for 'Massive' Damage caused by 30-mile oil slick off Gulf Coast
President Barack Obama vowed today that BP would pay for the 'massive' damage caused by an oil slick off the Gulf Coast.
The US leader flew to Louisiana yesterday to inspect efforts to combat the effects of what he described as a 'potentially unprecedented environmental disaster'.
"BP is responsible for this leak. BP will be paying the bill," he said, as the widening slick headed towards delicate wetlands and wildlife along the southern coastline.
Piling on the pressure on the British energy giant, the US president said the oil threatens not only the environment but an abundant fishing industry, which he called 'the heartbeat of the region's economic life'.
'We're going to do everything in our power to protect our natural resources, compensate those who have been harmed, rebuild what has been damaged and help this region persevere like it has done so many times before,' he added.
US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar later rammed home the point that it would be BP, rather than U.S. taxpayers, who would pay for what will likely become the nation's worst oil disaster.
However the chief executive of BP today said his company is not responsible for the accident that set off the spill but is taking responsibility for the clean-up.
On ABC television, CEO Tony Hayward said the drill rig equipment and processes that failed and led to the spill belonged to rig owner Transocean Ltd.
Mr Hayward also said crews have been able to reduce the amount of oil reaching the surface with a new approach of using chemicals at the point where it is gushing.
He told NBC television today that BP is injecting dispersant chemicals into the oil as it pours out of an undersea well and that the new approach and appeared to be having a significant impact on the amount that reaches the slick.
The blast which caused the 30-mile spill claimed the lives of 11 workers.
But its full consequences remain to be seen amid fears for the habitats of hundreds of species of wildlife.
An estimated 1.6 million gallons of oil are estimated to have spilled since the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank on April 20, creating a slick more than 130 miles long and 70 miles wide.
Some analysts are predicting that the total bill for the firm could exceed $14billion. ]Name of the site[/url]
President Barack Obama vowed today that BP would pay for the 'massive' damage caused by an oil slick off the Gulf Coast.
The US leader flew to Louisiana yesterday to inspect efforts to combat the effects of what he described as a 'potentially unprecedented environmental disaster'.
"BP is responsible for this leak. BP will be paying the bill," he said, as the widening slick headed towards delicate wetlands and wildlife along the southern coastline.
Piling on the pressure on the British energy giant, the US president said the oil threatens not only the environment but an abundant fishing industry, which he called 'the heartbeat of the region's economic life'.
'We're going to do everything in our power to protect our natural resources, compensate those who have been harmed, rebuild what has been damaged and help this region persevere like it has done so many times before,' he added.
US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar later rammed home the point that it would be BP, rather than U.S. taxpayers, who would pay for what will likely become the nation's worst oil disaster.
However the chief executive of BP today said his company is not responsible for the accident that set off the spill but is taking responsibility for the clean-up.
On ABC television, CEO Tony Hayward said the drill rig equipment and processes that failed and led to the spill belonged to rig owner Transocean Ltd.
Mr Hayward also said crews have been able to reduce the amount of oil reaching the surface with a new approach of using chemicals at the point where it is gushing.
He told NBC television today that BP is injecting dispersant chemicals into the oil as it pours out of an undersea well and that the new approach and appeared to be having a significant impact on the amount that reaches the slick.
The blast which caused the 30-mile spill claimed the lives of 11 workers.
But its full consequences remain to be seen amid fears for the habitats of hundreds of species of wildlife.
An estimated 1.6 million gallons of oil are estimated to have spilled since the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank on April 20, creating a slick more than 130 miles long and 70 miles wide.
Some analysts are predicting that the total bill for the firm could exceed $14billion.
The responsibility for the clean-up operation lies with the owners of the well, led by BP which is a 65 per cent shareholder. The firm said last week that it was spending $6 million a day on the clean-up but admitted this figure would rise sharply when the slick hits land.
Neither the company or its 25 percent partner, explorer Anadarko Petroleum, have put an estimate on total costs, although BP CEO Tony Hayward said on Friday that he would pay all legitimate claims for damages. Mr Obama warned on his visit yesterday that it could take days to stop. Bad weather have so far hampered clean-up attempts and a sheen of oil from the edges of the slick was washing up yesterday at Venice, Louisiana, and other extreme south-eastern portions of the state. President Obama travelled to the region today, mindful of the criticism his predecessor George Bush received due to the perceived slow response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He stumbled in dealing with that disaster and left the impression of a president distant from immense suffering. His presidency never recovered. As the president reiterated his belief that BP was responsible for the oil slick, the firm's chairman went on US television to defend the company's safety record. Lamar McKay told ABC's This Week that he could not say when the mile deep well might be plugged. But he said a 74-tonne metal and concrete box could be placed over the well in six to eight days.
He added that BP officials were working to reactivate a "blow-out preventer" meant to seal off the geyser. In a 2009 exploration plan and environmental impact analysis for the Deepwater Horizon well, BP said an accident leading to a giant crude oil spill - and serious damage to beaches, fish and mammals - was unlikely, or virtually impossible. The document, filed with the US government's Minerals Management Service, said it was "unlikely that an accidental surface or subsurface oil spill would occur from the proposed activities". BP spokesman Steve Rinehart went further, saying that the failure of a blowout preventer "seemed inconceivable". He added: "I don't think
By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:47 PM on 3rd May 2010 Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1270917/Obama-vows-BP-pay-massive-damage.html#ixzz0msoxnwUi
This message was edited by grassroot on 5-3-10 @ 9:08 AM
5mem-ra
05-04-2010 @ 8:03 AM
and?
6bevo
05-04-2010 @ 9:13 AM
What about the oil that is sinking below the surface?
Everybody is above the law until they get caught.
7bevo
05-04-2010 @ 9:13 AM
What about the oil that is sinking below the surface?
Everybody is above the law until they get caught.
8RoyRogers
05-05-2010 @ 4:10 PM
I've checked out the news channels yesterday and today and they are doing nothing but hammering BP Oil! BP tried to offer folks $5000 to sign over their rights to not sue them but it is a value that is so low that no one is biting. (no pun intended)
Education is a tool. Use it.
9AASojourn
05-05-2010 @ 5:39 PM
"The environment" (hey, that's us isn't it?) takes the hit while BP's clients (hey, that's us isn't it?) will pay for any cleanup, plus premiums, when they hike up the oil prices. BP pays for nothing. JFSMH
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