Mopping Up BP's Polluted Image

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Thursday, 01 July 2010 16:12

This week, The Listening Post focuses on the scramble by the White House and BP to contain the negative press spilling across the media about the Gulf of Mexico disaster. Also, we bring back excerpts from our interview with actor, rapper and avid new media user, Riz MC.

It was a news story that hit the headlines the day it broke over two months ago and the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico remains at the top of news agendas around the world even today. For BP - the oil company at the centre of the storm - the Gulf of Mexico crisis has cost it billions of dollars - money spent not just on the clean-up but also on an extensive media management campaign.