Seventy-two days have passed since the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico and the public is frustrated, to say the least. Well take a break from writing your satirical Twitter stream/crafting your web plugins/blowing your vuvuzela to join the discussion over at YouTube.
The video-sharing site has teamed up with PBS NewsHour to allow users to send their queries to Bob Dudley, president and CEO of BP’s Gulf Coast Restoration Organization. The live interview (which will stream at 3:30 pm ET/12:30 pm PT on CitizenTube) will be moderated by PBS NewsHour’s Ray Suarez. You can also check out parts of the interview later on on PBS NewsHour and YouTube.
If you want to ask Dudley about the clean-up plan or a myriad of other topics, head on over to youtube.com/citizentube and submit your question and vote for other questions you would like to see asked.
This isn’t the first time YouTube has let the people interrogate someone in a position of power. Just last month the site streamed U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech on the crisis, and then a live interview with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, who also answered questions submitted by users.
Do you plan on joining the discussion?
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