Claim: This Sunday's round of political talk shows left a few misimpressions, among them the notion that nothing like the BP blowout had happened before. We clear up the confusion. Barbour on Blowouts Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told "Fox News Sunday" viewers that the BP oil spill is the first time that "anything like this" has happened. Actually, a similar offshore blowout occurred in 1979, gushing thousands of barrels of crude oil per day into the Gulf of Mexico,
Fact-check: Sunday Replay - FactCheck.org
Verdict: this sunday's round of political talk shows left a few misimpressions, among them the notion that nothing like the bp blowout had happened before. we clear up the confusion. barbour on blowouts mississippi gov. haley barbour told "fox news sunday" viewers that the bp oil spill is the first time that "anything like this" has happened. actually, a similar offshore blowout occurred in 1979, gushing thousands of barrels of crude oil per day into the gulf of mexico,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Brooks Jackson
Date published: 2010-06-07T21:29:34