Comments on: BP tries to mislead you with graphs

By: FactoryCity » My first six months at Google, by the numbers

FactoryCity » My first six months at Google, by the numbers — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:38:00 +0000

[...] highly expect things to only increase their “up and to the right” trajectory from here on out. This entry was written by Chris Messina and posted on Jun 8th [...]

By: BP misleidt mensen | IntensFel.NL

BP misleidt mensen | IntensFel.NL — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:49:05 +0000

[...] Maar Wells zegt dat ze ‘improvement in their efforts’ behalen. Dat is helemaal niet waar, als je kijkt naar de volgende weergave van het olie dat dagelijks uit zee wordt [...]

By: Context over Content « BrightMetrics

Context over Content « BrightMetrics — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:24:39 +0000

[...] at FlowingData.com (an excellent site) I was reading a great post about how British Petroleum is trying to mislead us with graphs in their efforts to curb the oil spill in the Gulf. This really got me thinking about something [...]

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Sat, 29 May 2010 00:55:12 +0000

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By: Dear Data Guru, « the Insight Effect

Dear Data Guru, « the Insight Effect — Fri, 28 May 2010 23:18:52 +0000

[...] be an upward trend; unfortunately, this does not mean your sales have increased year-over-year. Flowing data picked up on the following misrepresentation by BP. BP Cumulative Graph on Oil [...]

By: gnomic

gnomic — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:38:21 +0000

Why did this post disappear? I smell a BP rat.

By: Think Deepwater Horizon is Over? Don’t Hold Your Breath « The Post-Human Condition

Thu, 27 May 2010 20:02:21 +0000

[...] Reason #2: Are we really expecting transparency from BP, who has mishandled the rig from the moment they tried to put it in operation? I understand our hopefulness that this can finally be brought under control, but let’s not be naive. BP has already been misleading the public about the actual flow rate and openly deceiving people about the amount of oil they are capturing. [...]

By: Adam Nieman

Adam Nieman — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:23:24 +0000

The point I made in my own blog (having seen the graph here) is that a PR trick that works for the majority of the audience can nevertheless backfire when the numerate minority not only recognises that the ‘good news’ is actually ‘bad news’ but also recognises deliberate deception.

“I expect a PR person at BP was delighted with this cunning ruse. It’s not a lie. All you have to do is use an apparently straightforward graph that is actually quite subtle and you can make the majority of your audience believe a bad story is a good one. For the numerate portion of the audience though it just makes BP look like a bunch of shysters – it’s a PR disaster.”

http://adamnieman.posterous.co.....-animation

(I’ve been working on my own Deepwater Horizon graphics. They are a little more ingenuous than BPs.)

By: kbiehle

kbiehle — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:43:19 +0000

I took Stephen’s Numbers plus the current estimate of 15K Barrels leaking per day, along with the sugggestion of Jehiah to calculate “Barrels at large” and came up with this view:

http://ivorysofa.blogspot.com/.....rt-of.html

Tells slightly different story than BP would like to tell.

By: Paresh shah

Paresh shah — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:19:40 +0000

Two Latin phrases come to mind – Caveat emptor – let the buyer beware for the seller will try everything to give it a positive spin – Caveat Venditor – seller beware – for you will be found out !