I remember it was precisely four years ago, when I was watching "Sunday Morning" on tv, when a commercial in the program appeared featuring British Petroleum. The spokesman in the commercial was new to me; it was the C.E.O. for B.P., Tony Hayward. He trumpeted his company as the leader among oil companies in promoting environmental sensitivity and safety concerns. I believed him and his British accent. Heck, I tend to believe all commercials and all politicians when they speak.
Then the same Tony Hayward and B.P. hit the news lately with the Gulf of Mexico oil-spill disaster. How naive could I have been? For honesty and facts in the news, I'm now sticking with Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, and Jay Leno, not oil-company publicists.
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