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On the Frontline/ProPublica Oil Spill Documentary

By | 10.27.10 | 5:44 pm

I just finished watching the Frontline/ProPublica documentary on BP. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s definitely worth your time. The documentary tracks BP’s spotty safety record, from a 2005 explosion at one of its oil refineries in Texas that killed four people to pipeline spills in Alaska to More…

ProPublica Exposes BP’s Flawed Corporate Culture

By | 10.26.10 | 3:09 pm

If you read nothing else today, read the new ProPublica investigation on the many flaws in BP’s corporate culture that led to the massive Gulf oil spill.

Here’s an excerpt that sums the story up nicely:

The investigation found that as BP transformed itself into the world’s third largest

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McChrystal’s ‘Next’ Public Appearance: Oct. 13 On PBS’ ‘Frontline’

By | 10.06.09 | 11:47 am

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, yesterday clarified that he accepts the call from Defense Secretary Robert Gates and national security adviser Jim Jones to keep his advice to the president on Afghanistan strategy private. And his aides further specified to me that he More…