The mainstream media has reported how BP's contracts bar clean-up workers from talking with media, and how "minders" or monitors protect workers on the beach from the media. Does BP also feel the need to protect two well-respected organizations that it hired to lead the wildlife recovery effort: Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research and International Bird Rescue Research Center. News reports don't always mention that the groups were hired by BP, but as with other workers, Tri-State had to sign a contract with BP that "restricted media access."
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