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→Slow response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster: cite
:''Main article:'' [[Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster]]
:''Main article:'' [[Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster]]
After a 21 May 2010 [[White House]] Press Conference in which Gibbs faced a barrage of questions about why the [[Obama administration]] wasn't doing more to ensure the the [[Gulf of Mexico]] oil leak is plugged and mitigate the environmental damage to the coastline, [[Chip Reid]] of [[CBS]] reported that White House officials called reporters into the West Wing to scold them for asking too many questions. Gibbs was reported to be the one doing the scolding. The White House Press Office battled for weeks the common perception that the government did not responded forcefully enough to the disaster, relied too much on BP, and was playing the role of spectator.
After a 21 May 2010 [[White House]] Press Conference in which Gibbs faced a barrage of questions about why the [[Obama administration]] wasn't doing more to ensure the the [[Gulf of Mexico]] oil leak is plugged and mitigate the environmental damage to the coastline, [[Chip Reid]] of [[CBS]] reported that White House officials called reporters into the West Wing to scold them for asking too many questions. Gibbs was reported to be the one doing the scolding. The White House Press Office battled for weeks the common perception that the government did not responded forcefully enough to the disaster, relied too much on BP, and was playing the role of spectator.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/26/gibbs-cracks-whip-administration-faces-new-criticism/ Gibbs Cracks Whip as Administration Faces New Criticism,] FOXNews, 26 May 2010.</ref>