Newsweek: Is BP restricting journalists’ access to oil spill?
May 28th, 2010Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Press freedom and ethics
More than a month into the disaster, a host of anecdotal evidence is emerging from reporters, photographers, and TV crews in which BP and Coast Guard officials explicitly target members of the media, restricting and denying them access to oil-covered beaches, staging areas for clean-up efforts, and even flyovers.
Journalists from CBS, Mother Jones and the Times Picayune have been denied access to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to reports, raising concerns that the disaster will not be properly documented for the public.
Tags: BP, environment, Environmental disasters, Gulf of Mexico, oil spill, photographers, press freedom
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