The Causes Of BP Oil Spill

Picture for a moment a child playing in their living room while ignoring the boring news aring in the background. Then, suddenly they hear the words breaking news and now decide to tune into what the dull lady is revealing. She announces that an oil spill has erupted in the Gulf of Mexico and the company “BP” is smothered all over the screen. The child only can only understand one concept: BP was the sole cause of this oil spill. To clarify, the child did not learn the real causes for this catastrophic disaster. On April 20, 2010, the oil rig called Deepwater Horizon exploded, causing 3.19 million barrels of oil to spill into the Gulf of Mexico (Smithsonian). The causes: the crew of the rig, trained and owned through Transocean, performed dire
mistakes along with a faulty cement job done through a cementing company named Halliburton. For months the American media would cover this story, solely blaming BP for the cause of the disaster. The Gulf spill was the second largest story covered in 2010 and 52% of the American public had much trust in the information the media was providing them (Pew Research Center). The misinformation that was spewed from the media caused a hatred for the company BP when a quick look at the evidence uncovers the truth of the disaster. The American media falsely recognized BP solely for the causes of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but Americans should identify the real causes of the catastrophe.