Alabama ad uses BP funds for containing spill damage to say beaches not suffering spill damage [View All]

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Alabama unveiled a new tourism ad Thursday touting its "gorgeous beaches" and delicious seafood. That's great news for anyone who was worried about the BP oil spill's impact on the Alabama coastline — it looks like the state dodged a bullet.

But there's more here than meets the eye — beginning with BP's funding of the ad. The ad, featuring Alabama chef Lucy Buffett, was financed from a $15 million payment BP made to Alabama last month to help "mitigate the economic impact of oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico" and shore up tourism. (It was part of a $70 million commitment to the Gulf states.)