BP Altered Photos of Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico

British Petroleum admits using Photoshop to exaggerate oil spill command centre activity

Photo on BP's website showed workers monitoring underwater images on video screens that were blank in unaltered image

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BP acknowledges it posted on its website this altered photo that exaggerates the activity at its Gulf oil spill command center in Houston, on July 16 2010. Photograph: BP LLC

BP acknowledges it posted on its website an altered photo that exaggerates the activity at its Gulf oil spill command centre in Houston.

The picture posted over the weekend showed workers monitoring a bank of 10 giant video screens displaying underwater images.

The spokesman Scott Dean said yesterday that three screens were blank in the original picture and a staff photographer used Photoshop software to add images...link to complete article