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OilGate: 0baMa0's Cover-up Is Worse Than The Slick Options
On Jun 14, 5:45*pm, and/or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr.
Jai Maharaj) wrote: Obama Encourages Gulf Tourism Despite Oil Spill (What Tourism?) By annem040359 June 14, 2010 Last week, Senator Bill Nelson, Democrat of Florida, tried to bring a small group of journalists with him on a trip he was taking through the gulf on a Coast Guard vessel. But at about 10 p.m. on the evening before the trip, someone from the Department of Homeland Security’s legislative affairs office called the senator’s office to tell them that no journalists would be allowed. “No further elaboration” was given... “We were questioned extensively. Who was on the aircraft? Who did they work for? The minute we mentioned media, the answer was: ‘Not allowed.’” From the start, the administration has seemed intent on allowing BP to operate in near-total secrecy. [...] http://justoneminute.typepad.com/mai...the-slick.html Reporters Covering Oil Spill Stymied Along the Gulf Coast, crews work around the clock to clean up what seems like a never-ending mess. But sometimes journalists find it difficult to get to the scene to do their jobs. Many reporters have been denied access to public areas by BP contractors and local law enforcement, prompting allegations that the oil giant is trying to control the story. BP denies it. And at a recent news conference, national incident commander Thad Allen insisted that he's told BP to give journalists access to safe and secure areas. In a piece for Mother Jones, reporter Mac McClelland wrote that she was stymied at every turn by Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies brought it to supplement the local police. Deputies, she reports, that were following the orders of BP. [...] http://www.npr.org/templates/transcr...ryId=127836130 |
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