I choose to believe BP because its version of reality is so much more pleasant:

40 miles out into the Gulf of Mexico, ground zero of the oil leak, scientists have discovered three huge swaths of oil particles, some up to 20 miles long and six miles wide, despite BP's claims that plumes do not exist.

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NOAA director Jane Lubchenco is blithely repeating BP's lies on this issue.