Link Ch. 12 – Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon BP PR Disasters

Oil giants Exxon and BP have both had oil spill disasters that have proved to be ongoing public relations problems for both companies as well.

Here are a pair of articles from the New York Times that analyze how the companies mishandled their communications.

• Exxon’s Public-Relations Problem, April 21, 1989
• BP’s PR Blunders MIrror Exxon’s, Appear Destined for Record Book