Monday, August 31, 2009

Ecuador Contamination

After watching both the 60 minutes and Chevron's version of the same event I was torn on who to really trust. Although the 60 minutes version upheld the "Murrow Standard" a little better than the other, it was hard to deny the facts that Chevron presented.
I felt as though the Chevron presentation was trying to point the blame other places than themselves, and were more biased toward maintaining a good reputation for the company. Even though 60 minutes was doing a similar thing by trying to support the victims of the contamination, I felt as though they did a better job at showing both sides of the story by allowing people from Chevron to do a lot of the talking. However, I can understand why Chevron would want to cover its mistakes even though it is morally wrong.
Although both 60 minutes was doing a better job at being unbiased and following the "Murrow Standard" I think both were biased in their own way.

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