55 - Number of days the Montera Oil Platform spill has been sending oil into the Timor Sea.18,000 - Number of kilometers the spill now covers (the size of Phoenix Arizona).
924,000 - Estimated number of gallons of crude oil spilled off the coast of Australia.
We covered this ongoing oil disaster back in September and watched the main stream media turn its oceanic eye away from coverage here.
With what is now the world's largest oil spill, in it's 55th day, why is the major media in the USA not covering this ecological disaster?
To get updated here is a small sampling of the media coverage from Australia:
Indonesian fishermen say oil spill is destroying their catch
Fifty-five days and counting: oil still spewing from rig
Third attempt to cap leak
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