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Both CBS' Sharyl Attkisson and NBC's Lisa Myers publicized the internal e-mails obtained from BP by Congressional investigators dating back to the days immediately before the Deepwater Horizon exploded. On the face of it, the content is damning. It is not clear why ABC did not consider them newsworthy--the network's investigative correspondent Brian Ross filed on microchips in passports instead.
Here is what Ross did not consider worthy of his attention: the rig was labeled a "nightmare" by BP's own engineer…its cost overruns amounted to 43 days at a rate of $500K per day in excess of the scheduled 51 days…the well saved at least $7m by using cheap casings…it skimped on centralizers recommended by Halliburton, using six instead of the recommended 21…it skipped a couple of safety tests to check on the strength of the cement and the absence of gas.
Maybe ABC will catch up when BP CEO Tony Hayward testifies on Capitol Hill later in the week.
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