{"id":2086,"date":"2010-06-06T01:09:17","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T01:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2010-06-06T01:09:17","modified_gmt":"2010-06-06T01:09:17","slug":"obama-criticizes-bp-for-spending-money-on-ad-campaigns-and-shareholders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/obama-criticizes-bp-for-spending-money-on-ad-campaigns-and-shareholders\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Criticizes BP for Spending Money on Ad Campaigns and Shareholders"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Obama warns BP not to “nickle and dime” Gulf Coast fisherman and business owners while spending money on expensive ads and paying billions to shareholders.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have you seen BP’s latest ad campaign? A forlorn Tony Hayward says he’s “deeply sorry” and thanks the volunteers and government for their “strong support.” He promises that BP will “make this right.”<\/p>\n

BP is also running several print ads in the largest, most influential newspapers such as The New York Times<\/em>, the Wall Street Journal<\/em>, USA Today<\/em> and The Washington Post<\/em>. The company hopes to begin repairing its damaged brand image. But at what cost? Well, according to CNNMoney.com<\/a>, approximately $50 million. And President Barack Obama was none to happy to hear about the news.<\/p>\n

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The president spent Friday in New Orleans<\/a> meeting with top federal and state officials about the gulf crisis. The president also heard from local fishermen and small-business owners who expressed fear about how the oil slick may affect their livelihoods.<\/p>\n

On top of the $50 million for BP’s feel-good ads, the president also found out BP paid $10.5 billion in quarterly dividend to shareholders. He had some harsh words for the oil giant…<\/p>\n

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“Now, I don’t have a problem with BP fulfilling its legal obligations, but I want BP to be very clear they’ve got moral and legal obligations here in the gulf for the damage that has been done. And what I don’t want to hear is, when they’re spending that kind of money on their shareholders and spending that kind of money on TV advertising, that they’re nickel-and-diming fisherman or small businesses here in the gulf who are having a hard time.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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What do you think of the BP ad? Will it help the company’s brand image? Or was it a ridiculous use of money?<\/p>\n

Follow Cindy Tickle on Twitter @ethicalbiz<\/a><\/em> <\/em>
\nImage Credit: petesimon<\/a> via flickr under a CC license<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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