BP exec avows his compassion for 'the small people' (The Newsroom)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/yahoonewsroom/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100616/ts_ynews/ynews_ts2651"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100616/capt.9195b9eb8f2b456490cdf6b755316970-9195b9eb8f2b456490cdf6b755316970-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=QspX2AqxMg4PzijOd4wn5w--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, left, speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, after a meeting with President Barack Obama. Standing behind Svanberg is BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, third from fair, BP Managing Director Bob Dudley, second from fair, and BP America Chief Executive Officer Lamar McKay, fair. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>The Newsroom - Whenever the Gulf spill fiasco enters into history, it will probably have a extended afterlife in PR textbooks &mdash; as Exhibit A in how corporate executives should not talk about a crisis in public. BP CEO Tony Hayward famously remarked that he'd "like my lifetime back" in a clumsy effort to emphasize that he understood how Gulf residents affected by the spill must feel.</p><br clear="all"/> More information: click here