COMMENT BY A REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR REGARDING RECENT POSTINGS “BY LondonLad” ON OUR SHELL BLOG
Does LondonLad write for the New Statesman?
I find it hard to see why something very obviously tongue in cheek upsets these people – Shell don’t even bother to make their spin entertaining, while Greenpeace make no pretence about what is obviously mockery.
However, even the NewStatesman acknowledges the damage done by Shell in Nigeria.
Epic Shell PR fail? No, the real villains here are Greenpeace
Since when were Greenpeace the bad guys?
By Martin Robbins[1] Published 18 July 2012 11:15
A Greenpeace activist covers the logo of the Shell oil company in protest. Photograph: Getty ImagesFor several weeks now I’ve watched endless retweets of “epic Shell PR fails” cascading down my timeline, seeming less like bullshit than the thousands of identical, perfectly-formed little packets of poo you might find behind an incontinent deer. In June came a video supposedly filmed at a private launch party for Shell’s “Let’s Go! Arctic” campaign, which showed “an obvious malfunction of the model rig that was supposed to pour drinks for guests,” a major gaffe with hilarious results:
The video was reported widely in the media, gaining half a million views within a day of its release. Then it was revealed as a hoax, a publicity stunt organised by Greenpeace in collaboration [2] with The Yes Men and Occupy Seattle. read more