The blowback against the operations to deal with the oil cleanup is beginning:

Doing Nothing to Fix Oil Spill Would Have Been Better, Scientist Says

Now, that is the Fox headline. They credit Reuters, so let’s look at the (current) Reuters headline:

Analysis: Doing nothing might have been best for oil spill

Do you notice that Fox decided to leave out a word?

Anyway, the crux of the story is that the burning and dispersants have downsides.

Missing from both headlines btw is the problem, the biggest problem, of stemming the flow from the well.