SF GATE– If you search for news and information about the oil spill on the
internet, your first result will be a link to BP’s website that the
tagline describes as “how BP is helping.” That’s because the company has
purchased “oil spill” ad words through Google and
Yahoo. “Oil spill” has been among the top searches on Google, Twitter
and Yahoo for several weeks.
To add insult to injury, the better source of information is the website of the Unified Command, which includes BP and
Transocean as well as the government agencies involved in cleanup.
On Friday, President Obama criticized BP for buying $50 million in television advertising, while
continuing to push on a number of fronts to limit the amounts it
will owe fishermen and taxpayers for its Biblical boo-boo in the Gulf.
Mother Jones reports today on mounting evidence that BP and
Transocean ignored warnings of problems on the Deepwater Horizon rig.
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