Misinformation
64. Children are swimming in and playing with oiled water, with cleanup workers are just down the beach, BP says it's OK.
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/06/02/lok.zarella.oil.alabama.cnn
65. Used police to keep people from filming.
http://motherjones.com/rights-stuff/2010/06/BP-louisiana-police-stop-activist
66. Ran a $50 million PR campaign during leak.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-06-17/bp-hires-army-of-washington-insiders-to-help-manage-outrage-over-oil-spill.html
67. Used own network of reporters to produce stories while criminalizing public and press.
http://www.firstamendmentcoalition.org/2010/07/bp-government-criminalize-media-efforts-to-access-spill/
68. Said the oil spill's environmental damage would be "modest".
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Media/bp-good-news-massive-underwater-s/story?id=10863883&page=2
69. Workers had to sign contracts saying they would not talk to media.
http://motorcityliberal.blogspot.com/2010/06/bp-forced-clean-up-workers-to-sign.html
70. Kept private groups of scientists from studying.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/6/scientist_working_with_government_says_bp
71. When a scientist working with the government was finally let in BP would not allow full access. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/6/scientist_working_with_government_says_bp
72. Hired mercenaries to keep people 100 feet from workers and boom.
http://www.fastcompany.com/1661326/bp-uses-mercenaries-to-blocks-journalists-from-talking-to-disaster-workers
73. Consistently misrepresents the effect of the disaster.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/20/bp-ill-intent-use-altered-photo-exaggerating-activity-oil-spill-command-center/
74. Hid their high resolution video of the flow, did not release until pressured by congress. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Media/bp-good-news-massive-underwater-plumes/story?id=10863883
75. Controlled access to beaches, large areas of the gulf waters, and wildlife.
http://blog.cleantechies.com/2010/06/04/bp-coast-guard-censor-images/
76. Contract being used for scientists in clean-up project says that scientists cannot publish work they do for BP, or speak about the data for at least 3 years.
GlobalNews: 23 July 03 AM
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/global-news/id135067274
77. Held survivors on a rig for 15 hours, allowed nobody; family, press, or lawyers, to be at the docking.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_explosion
78. Again held the survivors at a hotel for hours with security, again not allowing family, lawyers, or press.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_explosion
79. Denied holding survivors, or keeping them from the public.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_explosion
80. Removed people who are sick from the clean-up from public view.
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2010/7/1/15729/15778
81. Secretly controlled information about dead wildlife.
http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/54774
82. "Assured the MMS that any spill would not seriously hurt marine wildlife and that 'due to the distance to shore (48 miles) and the response capabilities that would be implemented, no significant adverse impacts are expected."
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/may2010/gulf-m06.shtml
83. Night time clean up of the dead bodies washing up on the beaches, then destroying the evidence.
http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/54774
84. Covered up information and pictures.
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/02/bp-oil-animals-death/
85. Denies lack of respiratory equipment.
http://www.wacktrap.com/environment/oil-spills/bp-oil-spill-fishermen-drop-flies-nasa-satellites-show-voc
86. As part of their intent to cover-up the effects of the spill they confiscated a workers clothing and washed the evidence away.
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/01/bp-restraining/
87. Faked a picture of their crisis response center.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/19/AR2010071905256.html
88. Spending critical time and money on PR.
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/oil_spill_damage_control_--_bp_has_wide_net_of_fir.php?ref=fpblg
89. Tony Hayward denies any improper conduct or recklessness on the part of BP.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/18/hawyard_testimony
90. A Coast Guard official on camera, "These are BP's rules. These are not our rules."
http://theglobalrealm.com/2010/05/20/bp-stops-the-flow-of-information-while-oil-gusher-continues/
91. Bribing officials, "A September 2008, Inspector General's report revealed that MMS regulators had for years accepted gifts and money—and even drugs and sex—from the same oil industry executives they were ostensibly tasked with monitoring."
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/may2010/gulf-m06.shtml
92. Flies a Marshallese flag of convenience to reduce operating costs and escape regulation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_explosion
93. Admits that it is not holding the $20 billion in escrow as was the agreement.
IC_BP_Investor_Briefing_webcast_16_June.pdf
http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9033856&contentId=7062596
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