BP Turns to Political Shop for $50 Million Ad Buy to Convince You the Company ‘Will Get This Done’ and ‘Make It Right’

Pure BS ! Outright LIES !

When somebody shows you who they are, believe them the first time. We already know that this guy doesn’t really care about the horrendous consequences of their irresponsible actions. This is the same mentality of Palin, Cheney, Bush and all oilies. These people need to be stopped from inflicting this type of casatrophic damage to our environment. If a company had set off a nuclear bomb in this area, everyone could “see” they are nothing but criminals. In my mind, this is an environmental nuclear bomb and all involved, included govt inspectors etc who allowed this should lost their jobs, their right to work in the USA, and should personally be fined, then sentenced to jail.

save your ad money, BP. Those of us on the Gulf are going to need it for clean up, wages, reduced property values, lost revenue from tourism and fishing..the list goes on. Personally I think a BP exec should lose his job for every mariane life that is lost to their negligence.

In my tenure as a criminal defense attorney, I’ve met a lying sociopath or two. Trying to be objective, however, I find Tony Hayward no different. Some of the comments that have come out of BP show rife insensitivity for the victims of their greed and malfeasance. This whole thing was nothig short of an act of violence upon all those touched by it.

You can’t “make it right”! The damage is too extensive, and will last for many decades at the very minimum! How can you make that “right”?????
Any company that caused this disaster, because of taking shortcuts, and using improper equipment, should be banned forever.

I do not trust them nor do I trust the govenment. BP as well as the government knew from day 1 that this was going to be bad. All those poor animals. I just cry everytime I see one of them. They need to send in more people to rescue and clean these birds. All of this is so heart breaking. Did you see in the news where it is washing up on the florida coast and they are testing the oil first to see if it came from this disaster. OF COURSE IT CAME FROM THIS DISASTER, THEY MUST REALLY THINK WE ARE ALL IDIOTS. JUST ANOTHER STALL TACTIC.

How about taking that $50M and distributing it to people whose livelihoods have been ruined by BP instead of trying to manipulate the public with this disgusting politics?

At least BP is paying for their mess, unlike the Federal Government in the border states…
At least BP is spending their own money… and saving/creating private sector jobs, unlike the Federal Government…

I think Mr. Obama should dial back the finger pointing… after the investigation, he is going to be very embarrassed about the poople in his party and his administration that will be found to have oil on their hands…
Let’s stop with the finger-pointing and join together to solve this…
BP has already acknowledged responsibiity and said they will pay… to continue kicking them is wasted effort….

The only thing these greedy B.P. pigs care about is MONEY! They are ruining our ocean and everything that lives in it and around it…animals AND people.
GO TO H*LL B.P.!!!!

To the guys that believe Obama is not doing anything, are you guys so blind? “To all the volunteers and the STRONG support of the federal GOVERNMENT”

I meant “go ahead” and not “God ahead.” my heart is so troubled by all of this that I can’t think straight.

You guys are all hypocrites. If BP did not say anything, you’d be screaming “THEY DON’T CARE, BLAH BLAH BLAH”…even if they do only care about money, this is costing them BILLIONS of dollars in lost revenue from the lost oil, as well as, as many have put it, billions in clean up. $50mm to tell people that they are aware they effed up is a small price to pay.
Also, boycotting a company and its product doesn’t hurt “greedy CEOs” – it hurts the blue collar workers and low level white collar workers who are laid off due to falling profits from lack of purchasing products.
Short sighted hypcrites, 99% of you…

Jeff Grimes has it right, I believe. Americans need to stop being so lazy and boycott businesses that profit at the expense of the environment. The only thing they understand is the bottom line. Make a difference!

It is not known exactly what caused
the Gulf Disaster.
Of course, the government must be the final arbiter by regulating industries that otherwise have too strong of an immediate profit motive to be trusted to
regulate themselves when the downside might be catastrophic.
I think we were just down this road with another large industry; financial services.
In fact, that was election time when it
was discovered that the “fundamentals were strong” – NOT!
I don’t expect BP to effectively regulate themselves.
I don’t expect Government to effectively regulate industries.
But these politicians took their seats at the will of voters.
When are the voters going to realize
that the 2 party system has morphed into
a homogenous free for all mixed with big money.
The voters need to reinvent the government and soon because they ain’t gonna do it by themselves.

Every body needs too take a deep breath and step back.It is a cozy relationship between B.P and The Federal Government that is responsible for this great tragedy. So the Washington should be doing more.After all B.P. has them in there pocket!!!

I think they are going to make it right but I would rather they spent 50 million on fixing the leak.

“It is not known exactly what caused
the Gulf Disaster.” – znamef
Huuummmm . . . . but stupidity is the number one suspect.

Huuummmm . . . . but stupidity is the number one suspect.
—
One man’s ego caused the whole damn thing.

Let’s be smart about this. BP certainly didn’t cause the disaster on purpose. The rig actually received safety awards. What caused the explosion is still a mystery. The world has never seen anything like this before, and the recovery plan they had in place was not designed for something of this scale. BP is trying very hard to solve the problem. They certainly want to get the spill under control, because they are losing billions of dollars. Besides, the ocean is a very dangerous thing. I can’t even imagine how difficult it is to control anything that’s 5,000 feet below the ocean’s surface. I believe they are doing the best they can with the resources they’ve got. Now that Obama has felt the pressure from the public, he has certainly bumped up the resources to get this thing fixed. The good people at BP are not sinister or evil. They were just caught without a disaster plan, which is something every person, company and community should have. It’s a shame, but it doesn’t make them evil.

I’m not that stupid. All we have to do is look at your track record. 50M should go towards the Gulf of Mexico clean up. And also, for those still purchasing gasoline from BP….SHAME ON YOU!

Ways I would believe BP is “making this right”
-Spending the $50 million to stop the leak
-Spending the $50 million to help families who have lost their livelihoods as a result of the leak.
-Spending $50 million to clean up the mess.
The fact that they are spending $50 million on PR instead is shameful.

Hey BP, how about spending the $50 million for crews of wildlife rescue personnel and cleanup efforts rather than PR perfume to cover your stink?

I think BP is doing all they can do to stop this leak. It is very unfortunate that this happened, and we all know it wasn’t on purpose. They are working around the clock to stop this thing from leaking out the oil. They are taking responsibility and paying for everything…….. things go wrong. Give them a break. They are definately not “evil” people. They are like you and me. This is effecting them as well as us and we know they feel bad about it. Give them a break!

“BP Turns to Political Shop for $50 Million Ad Buy to Convince You the Company ‘Will Get This Done’ and ‘Make It Right’”
Not surprised…
After all, it worked to get the Moron-In-Chief elected, why wouldn’t it work here as well?
Americans ALWAYS believe whatever the MSM splashes in front of them, right between the ad for Coca-cola and the teaser for tonight’s “Movie of the Week.” It doesn’t really matter who PAYS for the advertising, just as long as it sounds “convincing.”
Hope
Change
LOL!!

I worked for BP years ago in Europe and at that time I was shocked at how inept their management was, backstabbing, wasting time discussing personal lives, the culture of the company was of not caring – I am not surprised that this disaster took place, and the world has gotten to see their CEO, from the top down, they’re all like that …. I don’t know how they manage to stay in business. The pity is that Obama is painting all the oil companies with the same brush, and that’s not right. I work now for one of the best, and this disaster would have never taken place. I hope Obama reconsiders and lifts the ban on drilling, it would put a lot of people out of work for no reason at all.

Let’s not

And let’s not forget that the US Gov’t allowed Exxon to claim $1 Billion as a business loss on their taxes after the Valdez incident. I hope the IRS doesn’t make the same mistake with BP. BP owes the US Economy big time one this one and they need to be held accountable to pay!!!

BP CONSPIRACY -Actually BP does not have an incentive to stop the oil from leaking at this time because when it does, that flow of oil as it’s revenue source will also stop. They are delaying it until they can get the 2 rescue wells in place, therefore, insuring that the flow of oil will continue. All the failures at this time was just delay tactics. They can worry about the clean-up later. But if they capped and fixed the leak they are afraid that they might not be able to drill again for some time.

Sorry…not Megan…meant “Megabeth”

Yeah, hearing BP apologize seems about as sincere as da Pope apologizing for all the molestations…..I just don’t buy it. What about Mr. Palin, BP exec, anything you and Sarah want to say about this catastrophe? My fish lately have been tasting a bit like Penzoil, not that there’s anything wrong with that. I’m glad we can share this with our great grandchildren. BP doesn’t have to worry too much, they can shift the costs of clean up to ALL OF US WHO DRIVE. Hey, and the politicians, who are owned by big business like BP, thank you very much, too! (For the people, by the people…yeah, right)

Well it’s all bp fault. I mean i know they didnt do this on purpose but I belive they can do a much better job than what there doing. Come on who goes in spend’s $50 millon dollars on an ‘ad’ that does”nt really matter. Everybody knows it is there fault I belive that ‘bp’ should get a full punshiment for there actions.

Talk about propaganda, they have had weeks to make it right and like most other companies come whining to the government for help. Companies want no regulation and the government out of their lives, till they need a taxpayer handout to clean up their messes…literally messes.

BP’s oil will undoubtedly continue to pervade until September/October resulting in one of the biggest debacles since the Bush administration invaded Iraq deceitfully under false pretenses. To this day the war is still costing the taxpayor $12 billion monthly, not including the initial dispersement of $200 billion appropriated by Congress at the onset of the war.
Just as Bush, Cheney, Halliburton and Iraq were the reasons for the collapse of our country’s infrastructure, BP will prove to be the explanation as well as the party responsible for the extirpation of over half of the United States coastlines and it’s inhabitants.

i think it was a bit distasteful. the money should have gone to LA, MS, Alabama…. Who NEED IT

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!
That $50 million would be better spent cleaning up the oil mess they created and paying the local fishermen for lost wages. What is BP thinking? Talk about being too far removed from the reality of the scene? Whoever approved of that expenditure should be fired because he/she has no conception of what to do in crisis management. Plus, a better public relations move would be for BP to announce that its spending $50 on clean up. DUH I’m betting whoever came up with that idea probably makes a six figure salary and drinks champagne instead of water. Talk about the “Let them eat cake” mentality!
UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!

I admire B.P. for taking responsibility for their accident. So many in gov’t cant make that claim. The “buck stops” wherever he points his finger.

Notice in the BP PR ad none of the background is anything like the horrible reality. Not the beaches, not the birds, not the men in hazmat suits, not the water. It’s clearly a deception and PR play.

“A source familiar with the campaign says BP officials are trying to convey that they’re very serious about doing the right thing, that they understand the magnitude of this tragedy, and that they know they’re responsible for making this right and they will.”
If they want people to take their cleanup work seriously, as well as show us that it’s working, they need to start letting journalists on the sites to see for themselves. I should think they’d understand if we didn’t take them at their word.

Ive seen all walks of life pretending to be someone in charge. From a fat sothern boy to another who seemed more educated fat southern boy, to much disgrace capturing the african american people n the south.
All they need to do is lower prices.
Since all the money spent so far amounts equally to a quarter of the years profit. This report was on all news stations, now hushed so those same stations dont loose money for showing the fake PR ads.

Hey KS Your wrong.
The 50 million was a drop in the bucket.
It was a loss of one quarter profit earngs.