Lawrence O’Donnell Explores The Sudden Blackout Of The BP Oil Well Live Feed

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by Frances Martel | 5:14 pm, July 31st, 2010

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Yesterday, incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley announced that the company would initiating a pullback of the cleanup efforts, with “less boom, fewer hazmat suits, but no less commitment,” according to MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell. This was deemed appropriate because, according to Dudley, no oil was flowing out of the oil well. Except there was no way to verify that, because the live feed of the seafloor had been shut off for three days.

On last night’s Countdown, O’Donnell (filling in for Keith Olbermann) wondered why, exactly, the cameras would be turned off, suspecting something BP didn’t want the press to see. Citing Daily Kos writers who had been on the scene, he asked former oil executive and Countdown regular Bob Cavnar for his perspective. Cavnar acknowledge that he had heard from reporters that “the leaks were getting worse, and when I watched the feeds, when they showed the wellhead,” he continued, “you could see that some of the leaks around the cap, the connector between the two blowout preventers was actually getting worse. And then about three days ago, the feeds just went black.” The feeds have since come back, and the (compared to the open well) small leaks are still visible.

Cavnar was also concerned about new “Static Kill” operation intended to plug the leak deeper than the wellhead can by filling it with mud. The operation would “put pressure on those very connections that are leaking right now,” he explained, “and I just think its an unwise operation,” given the leaks.

The segment from MSNBC’s Countdown below:

Bob Cavnar, Bob Dudley, BP, BP Oil Disaster, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Lawrence O'Donnell

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Moderate

Sounds like a man looking for a cause on a slow news day.
notsofast

Larry has another solution that is desperately looking for a problem.
JimBob

The guy is going to be AWFUL! AWFUL!
Watch!!
BatBoy

Let me get this straight…

Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC’s Countdown filling in for Keith Olbermann interviewing an author with a book titled “Disaster on the Horizon” due out in October citing Daily Kos writers.

What could go wrong?

Wait…I will answer that…let’s start with a huge credibility issue!
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shootfromthehip

BatBoy, please don’t watch Lawrence’s show or comment on “credibility” after Breitbart’s website was just demonstrably proven full of lies.

Lawrence’s show is for literate people who read books and appreciate facts.

There’s another network more suited for you, i think it’s called Fox.

I suggest you watch it.
Kird

shootfromthehip said:
BatBoy, please don’t watch Lawrence’s show or comment on “credibility” after Breitbart’s website was just demonstrably proven full of lies.

Lawrence’s show is for literate people who read books and appreciate facts.

There’s another network more suited for you, i think it’s called Fox.

I suggest you watch it.

MSNBC is just as slanted as Fox, maybe even more so, and Breibart makes both networks look non partisan.

Twas a good move to give Lawrence his own show though, but I wonder who will fill in on Countdown now considering Keith Olbermann’s chronic erratic absences.