ExxonMobil is sure doing its best to prevent journalists from covering the recent oil spill from its Pegasus pipeline in Mayflower, Arkansas. Some reporters say the oil giant has even threatened to have them arrested for merely entering the spill site.
Unfortunately for reporters, a pliant county sheriff’s office has shown its all too willing to help Exxon out.
Michael Hibblen, the news director for NPR affiliate KUAR, recounted what happened to him and other media personnel when they attempted to visit the spill site with Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel on Wednesday to Mother Jones...
Song reported earlier in the week that it was Exxon—not the federal government—that was essentially controlling the spill site, even as the White House said the EPA was was the federal on-scene coordinator.Truthdig
Exxon Threatens to Arrest Reporters for Entering Arkansas Oil Spill Site
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