BP Runs Two Dozen Full-Page New York Times Ads

babylonsister

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Jun-28-10 08:15 PM
Original message

BP Runs Two Dozen Full-Page New York Times Ads

http://mediamatters.org/strupp/201006280009

BP Runs Two Dozen Full-Page New York Times Ads

June 28, 2010 10:53 am ET by Joe Strupp

BP has published 24 full-page ads in The New York Times since May 20 in an attempt to run damage control for its gulf oil leak debacle.

Times officials confirmed the number, but declined to reveal how much BP paid for each ad, citing confidentiality.

The latest ad, which ran Sunday, focused on beach clean-up, stating: "Our beach clean-up operations will continue until the last of the oil has been skimmed from the sea, the beaches and the estuaries have been cleaned up, and the region has been pronounced oil-free."

Wouldn't they be able to spend more money on the clean-up if they spent less on newspaper ads?

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Auggie

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Jun-28-10 08:22 PM
Response to Original message

1. Probably, but I bet that money was budgeted for advertising

months ago. My guess it just shifted from their usually inane generic "feel good" message to disaster control propaganda.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

skepticscott

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Jun-28-10 08:23 PM
Response to Original message

2. That's new wording for them

Maybe people were finally catching on to the fact that the promise in all of their previous ads to "make things right" was just meaningless bullshit.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

BrklynLiberal

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Jun-28-10 09:19 PM
Response to Original message

3. Hey look how much they spent on research into oil spill cleanup in the last three years!!!!!

Edited on Mon Jun-28-10 09:20 PM by BrklynLiberal

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8654230

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

HowHasItComeToThis

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Jun-28-10 09:40 PM
Response to Original message

4. IT IS ALL ABOUT MONEY

SCREW THE ENVIRONMENT

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

robinlynne

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Jun-28-10 10:00 PM
Response to Reply #4

5. The baby dolphin crying was the worst thing I can remember in my life.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

HCE SuiGeneris

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Jun-28-10 10:03 PM
Response to Reply #4

6. No. It's all about controlling perceptions.

And our media continues to feed us BS.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Sat May 04th 2024, 05:05 PM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.