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To me Carlos, this looks like Tony Hayward was telling the cameraman that he was too close to the oil. This appears to be nothing more than a safety warning. Looking at it closely, the cameraman was mere inches away from it without biohazard gear on. While I disagree with how BP is handling the spill on several levels, I think Tony Hayward acted appropriately in this particular video.
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So all of a sudden Rick douchebag Sanchez cares about media rights? When a couple months ago he went off on a tangent about a photographer taking pictures in the LA subway? What a douche.

I have to say this one is a swing and a miss. The guy was told to “get out of there” because he was in the way.

Later, the rest were told to move to their right because they were about to step in it.

Exactly. You can hear ‘don’t step in the oil’ at one point.

Let’s crucify BP on the basis of their mishandling of the oil leak. No need to make something out of nothing.

The Fourth Estate’s slow transmogrification into infotainment began long before the internet…

And while I respect and enjoy the works of particular Journalists and Reporters, the industry as a whole is a perverted shell of its former self and might still be relevant had it not become such gutless whores to advertisers.

Generally speaking, if you’re looking for bare knuckled, “old time” reporting, you’ll only find it within the pages of blogs.

Especially in places like Boise, Idaho.

Jib Jab summarized it nicely @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q2EPKKVrqI

it’s funny how toward the end of the video the BP guys threaten not to do a press interview if the media doesn’t go away. what a bunch of babies

But again I must ask, why did that journalist jump when ordered to do so?

You weren’t there so you don’t know.

God, you’re an asshole!

Did you forget to have your lithium refilled at the pharmacy? Try smoking a joint or something dude, you will feel better.

It’s quite obvious that the CEO of BP was trying to keep reporters and cameramen out of the standing crude oil. He didn’t try to stop them from filming anything, and only told them to move when they physically got too close to the puddling oil.

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Are we censoring now Carlos? I thought that wasn’t going to happen with this site.
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what ever happen to the old media, remember those guys who would never give up on getting the story, no matter what.. today’s media is a bunch of babies

No censorship. Sometimes it just happens. When it does, let me know.

Cool. Thanks Carlos.

Of course Tony Hayward would rather have none of this in the news. What needs to happen is for corporations to lose their right to charter so that Mr. Hayward can be sued instead of just BP. Mr. Hayward needs to personally lose it all, but of course he won’t and the government will continue to kiss the ass of corporations.
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Fuck him. He’s not even an American

What a bunch of pussies. Photogs from 40 years ago would have kept filming and give the dickheads the finger, as in, “We’re CBS, fuck you!”

Let me just make an observation. Years ago, there was a symbiotic relationship between the media — especially the print guys — and the police. In exchange for access and exclusivity, the unwritten rule was that you did not portray the cops in a bad light. An uncle of mine was a photog for the defunct NY Journal American. In those days — 1950s & 60s — the cops actually gave you a ride to the crime scene or the demonstration d’jour. You documented the event but were careful not to capture some scumbag with a nightstick splitting open the head of some poor black kid. Things changed during the Vietnam era and the reporters started showing everything. There was a small window in the 60s where law enforcement cooperated with the press even though the coverage was less than flattering. By the 80s, police departments became so militarized — SWAT and all that ninja-like BS — that they viewed themselves as “us against them.” The young punks today on the job have no collective memory of how it was.

Carlos, I’m usually on your side. I don’t like what’s happening int he Gulf right now. I can see that BP is trying to own their own media coverage. But even in light of all that, there’s one clear fact that you’re ignoring here: BP is legally responsible for the safety of the workers handling the clean-up mess. It would have been irresponsible if noone had warned the photographer that he was standing in hazardous crude waste, right next to a guy with a haz-mat suit on. There were a million good angles to be shot by camera, and noone was limiting the press’s access, but those idiots were hoarding around CEO Hayward like paparazzi on Princess Diana. A line had to be drawn. There’s still a line between responsible, courteous, and free reporting and stepping on other peoples’ toes. Did you notice that when Tony Hayward started walking, there were cameras in his way, limiting his movement and the speed at which he could freely walk? That is never okay for the press. This kind of behavior is why we coined the phrase “media circus”. Let’s give this one to BP and step off a little bit. I think they’re just getting testy because media cams and crawling up their pant legs like picnic ants. I don’t need to see Tony Hayward’s nostril hairs, for crying out loud.

My point exactly.

I have become a fan of your web site but this story is a little out in left field. It appears to me that the photographer, or anyone else who is about to step in a pool of oil, needed a little coaching as to how to act around a contaminated site so as not to muck it up any more that it already is. By the way, the gaggle of photographers seemed to be out of control and childishly running around as if this was their first shoot. Also, I recommend that you stick to substantive stories and not try to swing at every little unrelated event in life that might bother you. Its your web site but this story was too much of a stretch and detracts from the focus and importance of your primary message.

From a safety perspective, the media has not been trained in oil clean up. The law can fine the media for sending workers into this hazardous environment. BP would need to pay for the media employees claims, in addition to the extra mess they make walking around the oil in tennis shoes. I am all for our rights but let’s focus on the problem and not make it worse.

They should have taken that fucking asshole Haywood and wrestle him down to the oil and take his head by the hair and push his face into and rub it around in the oil. That asshole’s asshole company has raped our earth. Fuck him and BP. All BP’s assets in the US should be placed into receivership. FUCK all those BP assholes!!