BP offers public apology to consumers but privately tries to gag cleanup volunteers

摘要

BP CEO Tony Hayward has sent a letter to BP jobbers saying he's sorry for the Gulf of Mexico disaster.rnThe e-mailed missive is part of a new, national advertising push featuring Hayward apologizing and is a complete about-face from BP's previous position - early in May, BP execs in London refused to run any campaign that expressed regret for what had happened off U.S. shores.rn"In our view, the big glossy expressions of regret don't have a lot of credibility," BP spokesman Andrew Gowers told the New York Times then.