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BP's Photo Blockade of the Gulf Oil Spill
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Re: BP's Photo Blockade of the Gulf Oil Spill
#22Sounds like a great opportunity for real reporters to dress up as fishermen to sneak out there and take some unique pictures. This kind of thing only stops the half-ass-reporters out there who will go home after running into the coast guard to complain and feel sorry about themselves. boo hoo BP is trying to control the press coverage Uh, yes, that's what a public company has to do: maximize shareholder value. Now do…
In all understanding of the laws of the United States... Uh, yes, that's what a public company has to do: maximize shareholder value. Now do what real journalists are supposed to do do: break a couple of stupid rules, find a way to get out there, and take some damned pictures. What are they going to do? Shoot down your plane? Seriously. From the article: The problem, as many members of the press see it, is that even…
asterisks at the beginning and end of your emphasis worthy text will make it italic. No spaces next to the asterisks or * this happens.
Re: BP's Photo Blockade of the Gulf Oil Spill
#23Sounds like a great opportunity for real reporters to dress up as fishermen to sneak out there and take some unique pictures. This kind of thing only stops the half-ass-reporters out there who will go home after running into the coast guard to complain and feel sorry about themselves. boo hoo BP is trying to control the press coverage Uh, yes, that's what a public company has to do: maximize shareholder value. Now do…
The flight ban is also being enforced by the FAA. Probably difficult to find a pilot willing to put their career at risk. I'm not clear why my tax dollars via the FAA should be used to fund the PR response of a public company.
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#24On a related note, I was just remarking to a friend today about how hard this oil spill is to think about without seeing any sort of visual diagrams of the well, what the seafloor looks like, where the relief wells would be drilled, etc. These sort of visual aids have been conspicuously absent in mostly everything I've seen about this catastrophe.
The congressional testimony has good diagrams, and The Oil Drum has reproduced a lot of them, amidst good discussion. (Of course, other missing information has contributed to the multitude of plausible-sounding theories about what is actually going on.) http://www.theoildrum.com/
Re: BP's Photo Blockade of the Gulf Oil Spill
#25Sounds like a great opportunity for real reporters to dress up as fishermen to sneak out there and take some unique pictures. This kind of thing only stops the half-ass-reporters out there who will go home after running into the coast guard to complain and feel sorry about themselves. boo hoo BP is trying to control the press coverage Uh, yes, that's what a public company has to do: maximize shareholder value. Now do…
The truly messed up thing about this - that we should be very angry about - is the U.S. Government is helping out in the cover up. Yes, companies are supposed to spin and do damage control. I guess getting the coast guard to give you hand is probably a pretty effective way to do that.
Also, it should be noted that print media has been in a downward spiral for the last four years and no longer has the reporters, photographers or resources they did five years ago, let alone 21 years ago.
New media to the rescue? Where's the bloggers an community journalists covering this?
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
In all understanding of the laws of the United States... Uh, yes, that's what a public company has to do: maximize shareholder value. Now do what real journalists are supposed to do do: break a couple of stupid rules, find a way to get out there, and take some damned pictures. What are they going to do? Shoot down your plane? Seriously. From the article: The problem, as many members of the press see it, is that even…
How can you take those pictures? Use your imagination ;) Edit (for you down-voters): Fine, here's some off the top of my head: * Rent your own plane and fly over without permission, * register a fishing company and get a job working for BP, * find a way to take pictures while avoiding detection, or just * bribe the fishermen. These are off the top of my head, I imagine someone whose full time job depends on thinking…
I'm sure you recognize the scale of numbers, but as currently suggested the current surface area for the spill is:
157,168 square km
So if you think there's a way to rent a plane to avoid FAA regulations over this enormous area, or bribe fisherman to do this and potentially risk their lives, go ahead.
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#27Blowout: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster (cbsnews.com)
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1393992
Re: BP's Photo Blockade of the Gulf Oil Spill
#28Kickstarter - Grassroots mapping the Gulf oil spill with balloons and kites: http://kck.st/cj3Anh
If you're going to do it, DO IT! Stop raising money for everything: it's a waste of time.
They are doing it: http://grassrootsmapping.org/gulf-oil-spill/
Re: BP's Photo Blockade of the Gulf Oil Spill
#29First off BP has an overriding obligation to its stockholders. Second, BP has a PR playbook for this scenario that is based upon decades of experience. For the moment BP's money is making the rules.
Re: BP's Photo Blockade of the Gulf Oil Spill
#30Here's the most graphic images I've seen, but they're over a week old and pretty tame compared to Valdez.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/oil_reaches_louisia...