PatColo
25th October 2010, 03:27 PM
Given that the Gulf is an Op with corp/mil/guv/MSM integration, I expect this PBS Frontline to be a mix of true and false info... despite how it will posture as being true muckraking journalism, it'll just be a limited hangout documentary (like their post-911 docu's, enshrining the official myth), with Frontline's familiar authoritative voiced narrator. Check out a video preview here,
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/the-spill
The Spill
On air and online October 26, 2010 at 9:00pm (check local listings)
Long before the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf, BP was widely viewed as a company that valued deal making and savvy marketing over safety, a “serial environmental criminal” that left behind a long trail of problems -- deadly accidents, disastrous spills, countless safety violations -- which many now believe should have triggered action by federal regulators. Could the spill have been prevented? Through interviews with current and former employees and executives, government regulators, and safety experts, FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith joins with the investigative non-profit ProPublica to examine the trail that led to the disaster in the Gulf. From BP’s vast oil fields in Alaska to its refineries in Texas and its trading rooms in New York and London, the film raises new questions about whether BP’s corporate culture will finally be forced to change.
See: The Documentary BP Wants You to Disregard (http://www.propublica.org/article/the-documentary-bp-wants-you-to-disregard)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/the-spill
The Spill
On air and online October 26, 2010 at 9:00pm (check local listings)
Long before the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf, BP was widely viewed as a company that valued deal making and savvy marketing over safety, a “serial environmental criminal” that left behind a long trail of problems -- deadly accidents, disastrous spills, countless safety violations -- which many now believe should have triggered action by federal regulators. Could the spill have been prevented? Through interviews with current and former employees and executives, government regulators, and safety experts, FRONTLINE correspondent Martin Smith joins with the investigative non-profit ProPublica to examine the trail that led to the disaster in the Gulf. From BP’s vast oil fields in Alaska to its refineries in Texas and its trading rooms in New York and London, the film raises new questions about whether BP’s corporate culture will finally be forced to change.
See: The Documentary BP Wants You to Disregard (http://www.propublica.org/article/the-documentary-bp-wants-you-to-disregard)