BP faking photos of response to oil spill
Rodney 9 comments
The self inflicted PR disasters for BP just keep on getting worse and worse. Now it appears they have been caught faking photos of their so called "oil spill crisis command center".
In an attempt to make their crisis command center (if it even exists) look far more serious and efficient than it actually is, these amateur photoshop jobs have been released - and promptly caught out. There are many more at the link above, along with a detailed analysis of how the fakes were caught out.
None the less, as you can see from these images, BP is trying to give the impression that some kind of super command centre exists, where perhaps none actually does?
As you can see in the image above, the screen has simply been pasted onto the wall without even bothering to fit it to the appropriate box. Honestly, I could probably have done a better job than this.
BP has since apologised for the fake images and issued a statement saying the changes were only made to try to enhance details in the images, to allow the public a clearer view of what is going on inside their centre. In an effort to verify this, they released an "unedited photo" of the command centre:
However making matters so much worse, it appears that the photo's meta data indicates it was taken in 2001, not 2010, bringing it's authenticity into question, as well.
O.M.G. Rod...this is great stuff. A genuine breakthrough in RL reporting. A veritable milestone is 21st century blogging. If I had known that Michale Nelson, Tom Servo, and C.T. Robot were working on this Earth saving effort, I would have been resting easier from the get go.
Good on ya' mate for bringing these breakthrough developments to light. Thank God for the responsibility and candor of companies like B.P. for keeping the environment in front of profits. Without companies like this leading the way for the corporations of the future, what kind of world would we be living in just ten years from now?
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gilly
Wednesday 21st July 2010 | 08:33 PMI am sure if you boys done your research you may find BP did not want to drill a well so deep in the gulf
You may find a Government to the North of the gulf applied a lot of political pressure to BP to drill so deep, against BP company policy
Gina
Wednesday 21st July 2010 | 08:54 PMLast picture is so perfect. Very funny.
Snarks
Thursday 22nd July 2010 | 05:45 AM...in response to this comment by gilly. Didn't read it eh? Or even the title for that matter? This story is about BP possibly faking the existence of a crisis centre with laughable Photoshop skills.
Franken
Thursday 22nd July 2010 | 06:13 AM...in response to this comment by gilly. If you had used your brain, you may find RL did not write about BP not wanting to drill a well so deep in the gulf.
...in response to this comment by gilly. JFC Gillie...I wasn't aware that God supported Offshore Drilling too. Do you have any articles you can site which suggest that the U.S. Government put pressure on poor British Petroleum to do anything? Or to show that this was against their policy?
But on a serious note, how does God feel about this whole oil drilling thing in general? Is he a supporter of the petro-chemical industry? How does this underwater gusher affect the resurrection of sea life? Will life in the sea be raptured? What if a christian is swimming in the Gulf when the rapture comes?
And by the way, you never told me what you think about my idea for the Rapture I.D. cards.
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Oh yea, almost forgot...Why do we all keep playing B.P.'s game? Why do we keep calling this thing a "spill?" Calling it a spill equates it with the half a can of Coke I tipped over on my desk today at work. This aint' no can o' Coke...It's a mo fo gusher!!!
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gilly
Thursday 22nd July 2010 | 05:16 PMI think the US government has faked the whole oil spill blame game
I think the average punter here is a dill
Best you research for yourselfs than believe me
Marvin the Martian
Wednesday 21st July 2010 | 06:14 PMIf my Photoshop skills were that bad I would be unemployed!