@laureth I for one don’t give a lot of credit to many of the news outlets. Granted The Wall Street Journal is one of the better ones but to think that they could come to a fact based conclusion less than 60 days into an incident is far reaching at best. Not to mention the fact that it is still going on and nobody has had a chance to research the site itself. I feel that it is very irresponsible to place blame this early. All news media outlets have been doing this for years instead of reporting what is going on. Now our President is doing this also.
Could it have been negligence on the part of BP? Sure. Was it? Nobody knows YET.
Having been on the wrong side of blame before an investigation was done, I can tell you it is wrong to go down this path. Wait until all facts and studies are in and then, and only then, go after BP with all the fury we can muster if they were to blame.
What we need in this situation is all to come together to get this stopped, cleaned up, and researched so it never happens again. If that is possible.
As to the OQ, it will depend on individual belief. I feel right now it is OK. If someone had bought Exxon during the Valdez and held onto it until now, I would think you would have made a lot of money.