{"id":2620,"date":"2010-09-06T14:32:30","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T21:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=2620"},"modified":"2010-09-06T14:32:30","modified_gmt":"2010-09-06T21:32:30","slug":"banksy-smacks-bp-in-the-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=2620","title":{"rendered":"Banksy Smacks BP In The Gulf"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mysterious and uber-talented artist Banksy has struck again. This time he has transformed a coin-operated kiddie ride at a Brighton Pier into a statement about the oil spill in the Gulf Coast. (h\/t Treehugger<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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The oil can has a BP logo prominently displayed, but that doesn’t stop the kids from enjoying a day at the beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The mysterious and uber-talented artist Banksy has struck again. This time he has transformed a coin-operated kiddie ride at a Brighton Pier into a statement about the oil spill in the Gulf Coast. (h\/t Treehugger) The oil can has a BP logo prominently displayed, but that doesn’t stop the kids from enjoying a day at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,473,1],"tags":[329],"class_list":["post-2620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-culture","category-environment","category-general","tag-banksy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-Gg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3744,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=3744","url_meta":{"origin":2620,"position":0},"title":"Banksy Nominated For Best Documentary Oscar","author":"Mark NC","date":"1\/25\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Guerrilla artist and conceptual gadfly, Banksy, has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his \"Exit Through the Gift Shop.\" I don't care if it's the best documentary or not. 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