To be misinformed and misled,visit BP's Cape Vincent web page.

 I received this from a reader ~

 The BP Alternative Energy website now has a link to their Cape Vincent project.

  

http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9024940&contentId=7046497

http://www.capevincentwindfarm.com/

 When you click on that link you will see a brief paragraph about the project and three or four panoramic color photos that appear and dissolve away in sequence every minute or so into a new photo.But each of these photos (such as the one above ¹) is from some place far away from Cape Vincent. North Dakota perhaps? Eastern Montana maybe? Certainly not around here.

At the risk of making you ill or upset, take a look for yourself.

Do these completely misleading photos constitute an example of misleading visual propaganda? Certainly.  Anyone personally unfamiliar with our area who looks at the BP web page might wonder what all the fuss is about in Cape Vincent.  Who would be complaining about the project?  There are no people around to complain if you go by the pictures they want you to associate with the project.

Here’s a suggestion, BP.  Why don’t you take down those irrelevant photos and put up some true local panoramas.  There are plenty of nice ones already available.  Use some images that show the town as it is – with Churches, schools, homes, cottages, streets, docks, boats and people – with Lake Ontario and the beautiful Thousand Islands in the foreground or the background.

But then again, that would require a certain measure of honesty and transparency on your part.  Never mind.  Just a silly passing thought.

1. I have not posted the photo referenced above, for fear of being sued by BP