According to this post by the Wall Street Journal reporter and blogger Benoit Faucon [1], “the April 20 spill on the Deepwater Horizon is being reinvented in Planet BP as a strike of luck.”
According to Faucon, the article in BP Planet — a BP online, in-house magazine — reports “much of the region’s [nonfishing boat] businesses — particularly the hotels — have been prospering because so many people have come here from BP and other oil emergency response teams.”
Well, that’s one way of looking at it, I guess. So what do you think? A gutsy and uncompromising move by BP’s media office in the face of withering criticism, or a level of spin that would put even a West Texas tornado to shame?
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There's a saying around here, something like, "I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could!" That's me. I'm a 'dang Yankee from back-east' who settled in the Lone Star State after some extended stays in the eastern U.S., and New Mexico. I worked as an archaeologist for a few years before dusting off my second major in English, and embarking on a 25-year career in journalism. Since then, I've embraced the dark side of the force, and now work in PR for a community college in Midland, Texas.
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- Added to my e-bookshelf … Winter Gets Hot [6] - April 24, 2019
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- … the day before THE DAY … [8] - April 20, 2019
- Really? Rain? [9] - November 12, 2018
- 3 Guys, 3 Generations, 3 Missions [10] - September 18, 2018