BP Tries Damage Control

The oil giant has dispatched a "litigation mitigation team" to the Gulf, offering money to local fishermen and business owners. Rick Outzen, on the scene there, asks: What are they trying to hide? Plus, Eric Dezenhall on BP’s PR strategy.

Published May 2 2010 8:53PM EDT

articles/2010/05/03/tension-in-the-gulf/outzen-oil_97923_qn6krj — B.P. Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles spoke at a press conference on April 29. (Derrick E. Hingle / AP Photo)

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While the federal and Gulf Coast governments have largely ceded the role of stopping and cleaning up the huge environmental disaster caused by the explosion and eventual sinking of the Deep Horizon well, British Petroleum also spent the weekend pursuing a different agenda with locals: stopping lawsuits and cleaning up...

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BP Tries Damage Control

The oil giant has dispatched a "litigation mitigation team" to the Gulf, offering money to local fishermen and business owners. Rick Outzen, on the scene there, asks: What are they trying to hide? Plus, Eric Dezenhall on BP’s PR strategy.

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