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Topic Started: Dec 3 2004, 09:11 AM (85 Views)
Wichita
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BBC Says Dow Interview an 'Elaborate Deception'

Reuters

Dec 3, 2004 — LONDON (Reuters) - BBC World said on Friday that an interview it ran with a man it identified as a spokesman for Dow Chemical Co, in which he said the U.S. company accepted responsibility for India's Bhopal disaster, was wrong and part of an "elaborate deception."

A spokeswoman for Dow Chemical in Switzerland also confirmed that the report was wrong.

The BBC had earlier twice run an interview with a man it identified as Dow Chemical spokesman Jude Finisterra, who said the company accepted full responsibility for the disaster 20 years ago in the central Indian city of Bhopal.

This would have represented a major policy reversal for Dow Chemical which has said it has no responsibility for the Bhopal disaster.

"This morning at 9 GMT, (and at) 10 GMT, BBC World ran an interview with someone purporting to be from the Dow Chemical Company about Bhopal," the BBC said on its latest news bulletin.

"This information was inaccurate, part of an elaborate deception. The person did not represent the company. We want to make it clear the information he gave was entirely inaccurate."

BBC World had earlier said the interview took place in Paris. It was aired on the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, when more than 3,500 died after lethal gas escaped from a chemical plant in Bhopal.

The factory was owned by Union Carbide, now a subsidiary of Dow Chemical.

A Dow spokeswoman, speaking from Switzerland, told BBC World that Finisterra was not a Dow employee.

"Dow confirms there was no basis whatsoever for this report," Marina Ashanin said. "We also confirm Jude Finisterra is neither an employee nor a spokesperson for Dow."

"The bottom-line is this is not true," a spokesman for Dow Chemical in Zurich told Reuters.

A spokesman for Union Carbide also told Reuters the report was false.

The BBC gave no further details.



Copyright 2004 Reuters News Service. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.


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How hard is it to find out if someone even works for a company :shrug: before you put them on air "speaking" for the company?

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Fesarius
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One would think that the research would have been done. We've had two cases where a person has falsified his/her credentials on paper (and both were invited to interviews).
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Admiralbill_gomec
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More brilliance from the BBC... maybe they should change their name to the BBS.
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I don't care which one of the news organizations did it ...

Isn't it their job to check the most basic facts at least?

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gvok
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They'd better or else someone's going to make up a derogatory name to call them.
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