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"They Just Don't Know Who They're Messing With"

While BP has insisted publicly that it has not prevented spill workers from talking to the press, Dillon says company officials made it perfectly clear to contractors that they would lose their jobs if they spoke to reporters […] To enforce its media blockade, Dillon says, the company turned to its security force, largely made up of guys like him, ex-military and law enforcement personnel. “They were given orders to herd the media away,” he says, and they followed those instructions just like he did. “They didn’t know the reason behind it—they were just told keep the media away from [the cleanup workers].” He adds, “That’s a First Amendment violation… You can’t keep the media away. It’s a public beach. We weren’t under Martial Law.”

Posted 3:10PM, Wed, Jul 14 2010 in News Events · 0 Comments below