This is a brilliant little media hack: the guy from the Yes Men goes on TV posing as a spokesperson for Dow (which ate Union Carbide) on the anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, apologizing, saying that the company was taking responsibility and compensating victims.
This of course forced Dow to issue a denial saying they were not sorry, were not taking responsibility and wouldn't pay the victims a dime. Brilliant!
Activist Andy Bichlbaum convinced the broadcaster he was a Dow spokesman by putting his number on a fake Web site for the company. The BBC acknowledged it had been duped and apologised for airing the hoax. Bichlbaum later said his goal was to show that "another world is possible" if Dow did the right thing and paid victims. In the interview, he told the BBC Dow Chemical was taking responsibility for the disaster and would pay $12 billion (6.2 billion pounds) to victims.
Dow Chemical quickly said the story was not true and "Finisterra" was not its employee. The company says it bears no legal responsibility for the disaster and owes victims nothing.








