The Man Behind @BPGlobalPR Speaks (Maybe) on His Motives and How Pranking Fuels Charity

An article written by a man purporting to be the founder of the @BPGlobalPR Twitter account, which under the guise of being a BP representative skewers the oil company's response to its own Gulf oil spill, has been making the rounds today. Let's first get this out in the open: the man uses a psuedonym, and just a few days ago CNET was embroiled in a scandal in which they mistakenly identified the writer. There's no particular reason to trust this account, but I personally do. The tone of the...