BP's Photoshopped Command Center Just The Latest In A Pattern Of Deception

[ubiquitous_a]

The latest curio in the ongoing exhibition of BP obfuscation comes via John Aravosis at AmericaBlog, who examined an image from BP's website and determined it to be a fake. The image depicts BP's "Command Center" in Houston, where ever-vigilant BP employees sit in a dark room, monitoring screens. BP's website has been running a photo in which three

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[leprofessional]

I for one am shocked that BP's command centers don't look like the ones from Minority Report. HDU low budget bitches.

[tartary_lamb]

UPDATE: BP has apologized for the Photoshopped version of its command center, and it has just released this new, unedited version.

Oh god, I lol'd.

[haruhiko]

sad

[palamecian]

At this point I have to ask, is BP even a company anymore or just the joke of the year? I am sure they lost a ton of money since this disaster happened, and all their shares probably plummeted in the market.

[iweep4u]

The stock's started going back up a bit since they managed to more-or-less cap the leak a few days ago.

[futurebird]

seriously-- It's not the the editing was meant too fool people about anything.