Obama White House Pressures DISCOVERY Channel

By Andrew Halcro

 

Discovery discovers political pressure 

 

 

Word has it the Discovery Channel had approached BP about doing some filming of cleanup and strategy sessions. 

BP said yes. Then the White House called BP and expressed concerns that it wouldn't be appropriate. BP disagreed that having cameras around would be bad for the public.

Several hours later, out of the blue, the Discovery Channel called BP back and said they were going to pass on the opportunity.

Pressure from the White House indeed.

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Comments

[ken]

i don't see the reasoning behind this,empty out the bp front office for the weekend and have them all go down there,it would make me feel better.

as far as jindal,he didn't need to be so plain spoken but those fisherman are going to need different jobs for ten years,he better be planning some projects.

[Syrin from Wasilla]

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER, SYNDICATED COLUMNIST:

You have the reality and then the politics. The reality is we have never had a leak at this depth. It's a mile down, it's never happened before. And everything that is being done is experimental.

There are a lot of attacks on BP, obviously, for the blowout and also for the administration, the waving of the permitting and all of that that preceded it.

But once it already happened, I can't imagine why BP would not be doing - it is doing everything it can. It's in its interest. It will lose billions as a result of this, losing its reputation and could lose its very existence. Of course it's trying to stop it. But this is new technology.

And when Salazar said earlier, I think over the weekend, if BP won't stop this, we're going to push them out of way, 

Admiral Allen, who's head of the coast guard, said if you push them out of way, who is left? There is nobody who has the expertise and assets to do this.