August 15, 2007
"BP agrees to reconsider refinery dumping plans"
Overview
No real surprises. Same story, fourth verse. BP is horrible. Tiny particles of sludge. We�re all going to die. Blah-de-blah-de-blah. You can read reviews of previous reviews and apply them here. It�s the same �sludge�.
But let�s highlight one particular aspect of Hawthorne�s reporting here. He says that few supported the idea that BP could offset their discharge by paying for reductions in discharges from other plants. It is, on the one hand, nice to see that Hawthorne is capable of using a dimunitive adjective like �few�. He is aware of their existence, it seems. Perhaps, with practice he could use others, like �minimal�, or �trivial� or �insignificant� when talking about BP�s discharge. Just a thought.
That said, while Mikey goes into detail about How Bad BP Is, and How Their Awful Discharge Will Imperil Mankind, there is no � absolutely zip � reporting about those �few� who supported the offset plan. Who were they? What did they have to say? Is Rahm Emanuel the only person who has something to say about this project? We�ll never know. Did anyone speak up in support of the project as is? We�ll never know that either.
Through all the weeks, we�ve never heard one word about what supporters of the project have said, aside from the fact that BP is meeting permit limits and went through the regulatory process. There has been plenty of data in support of the project published, from the NW Indiana Times, the Governor�s office in Indiana and the Chicagoland Chamber. Yet, somehow, none of that data ever makes it into one of Hawthorne�s stories.
Kind of makes you wonder whether somebody has this guy in their pocket, doesn�t it?
