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BP spent $93M on advertising after Gulf oil spill

USAToday.com -- BP spent over $93 million on advertising between April and July—more than three times the amount the company spent on advertising during the same period in 2009, U.S. lawmakers said Wednesday.

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Submitted Sep 01, 2010 By: NatureBoyKY

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JimTee Champion Author Tampa Posts:2,322 Points:1,189,950 Joined:Apr 2006	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 8:08:14 PM Ignore JimTee Report Abuse Why is BP spending money on commercials when they should be using it to paid for the clean-up? Oh yeah, so they can come of this smelling like roses... How stupid do they think we are???
qwerty17 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:1,540 Points:668,865 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 7:37:48 AM Ignore qwerty17 Report Abuse the high cost of back-pedalling & spinning...
gs7101 Champion Author San Antonio Posts:3,198 Points:245,030 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 6:10:25 AM Ignore gs7101 Report Abuse It just goes to show how much money oil companies make -- BP has money to burn!
BBopp Champion Author Dayton Posts:5,035 Points:1,594,945 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 3:56:25 AM Ignore BBopp Report Abuse How stupid does BP think people are? If only BP transferred that money towards the stopping of the leak and the clean up! People would be happier. It will take BP many years to get back into my good graces.
ArmydudeNC Champion Author North Carolina Posts:5,786 Points:912,475 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 3:49:42 AM Ignore ArmydudeNC Report Abuse All I can say is that BP better stay and keep their promise to make things right after this spill.
Amplion Champion Author Oregon Posts:4,237 Points:1,398,310 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 2:33:47 AM Ignore Amplion Report Abuse BOYCOTT CASTROL/AMOCO/ARCO/BP
mynt Champion Author Ottawa Posts:2,940 Points:606,205 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 1:16:18 AM Ignore mynt Report Abuse PR doesn't come cheap.
mapelle621 Rookie Author Montreal Posts:71 Points:24,450 Joined:Nov 2009	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 12:08:29 AM Ignore mapelle621 Report Abuse suvival hoping that people will forget
runout9 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:3,144 Points:958,700 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 11:50:59 PM Ignore runout9 Report Abuse BP is fighting for survival. None of these ads are going to change the negative public opinion.
graceman Champion Author Baltimore Posts:3,230 Points:819,140 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 10:29:19 PM Ignore graceman Report Abuse They are trying to convince people that they care.
ENORMS Champion Author Colorado Posts:3,014 Points:1,171,335 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 9:21:58 PM Ignore ENORMS Report Abuse PR at its best!!
POLELANE Champion Author Ohio Posts:7,148 Points:828,370 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 8:12:17 PM Ignore POLELANE Report Abuse I believe those expenditures would fall under MARKETING; not advertising.
coughlin Champion Author San Jose Posts:3,336 Points:755,050 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 7:40:07 PM Ignore coughlin Report Abuse It doesn't surprise me at all. Too bad that they didn't have anything to say.