'On December 3, 2004, the twentieth anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, Andy Bichlbaum appeared on BBC World as "Jude Finisterra", a Dow Chemical spokesman. Dow is the owner of Union Carbide, the company responsible for the chemical disaster which killed thousands and left over 120,000 requiring lifelong care. Union Carbide was originally forced to pay US$470 million in compensation to survivors, which amounts to about US$500 per victim. (Note: Dow PR Head Kathy Hunt was quoted as stating that $500 is "plenty good for an Indian.")

On their fake Dow Chemical Website, the Yes Men first said as clearly and emphatically as possible that Dow Chemical Company had no intention whatsoever of repairing the damage. The real company received considerable backlash and both the real Dow and the phony Dow denied the statements, but Dow took no real action.

The Yes Men decided to pressure Dow further, so as "Finisterra" went on the news to claim that Dow planned to liquidate Union Carbide and use the resulting $12 billion to pay for medical care, clean up the site, and fund research into the hazards of other Dow products. After two hours of wide coverage, Dow issued a press release denying the statement, ensuring even greater coverage of the phony news of a cleanup.'

More on the actual Bhopal disaster...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster

Watch a full length film about The Yes Men on the sift (this hoax wasn't included in the film)....

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Yes-Men-Anti-corporate-activists-travel-to-conferences-impersonating-members-of-the-World-Trade-Organization

These guys are full-blown. Who can sue for what kind of libel?? Like the dick uniform at the WTO, if everyone wanted the bullshit to end, we could en masse with similar actions, create an MLK-ish,non-voilent,non-linear arena for and end to a hobbled paradigm, controlled and orchestrated by folks that you probably would not want to know if you met them......cockroaches, who have friends at DOW

A save later on?

*discard

Self-discarding this video (discard called by original submitter deputydog)