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COMMENTS: How Quickly They Forget
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill was by far the biggest news story on the network nightly newscasts during 2010. Yet ABC has not yet found time to cover the findings of the Presidential Commission of inquiry, which points to the finger not only at BP but at its corporate partners Halliburton and Transocean too. "The Deepwater Horizon's crew repeatedly cut corners and no one noticed or cared--not senior oil executives, not government regulators," was the summary from Mark Strassmann, who was CBS' lead reporter on the disaster throughout 2010. "The report spotlights nine avoidable blunders on the rig." Anne Thompson, who played a similar lead role at NBC, gave us a head's up on the commission report on Wednesday. Hey ABC! Play catch up!
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