Have you seen those ads by the Institute for Energy Research? They support the oil industry in general as a very safe industry, while lambasting BP for being the exception to the rule. Well, it turns out they came to BP first and offered to say nice things about them in the ads too, for a measly $100,000. Only when BP said no, did they turn on them.
Read the full story at the link above if you want to actually feel sorry for the un-feel-sorry-able. (yes, I'm coining that term)
