Case study in media BS; "massive gas spill" turns out to be dozens of gallons

Dozens of gallons?

Something less than a barrel then, I assume, but that wouldn't make much of a headline.

The gist of the story is that two American billionaires named Larry had their mega-yachts parked in Hawaii at the same time.

So really it's a story geared to pander to our infatuation with the rich and famous.

Which reminds me of a story I heard when I lived out on the east coast about Burt Reynolds and his yacht. Seems Burt was doing a summer cruise up the Saint John River. Made it all the way up to the Mactaquac dam, but to do so they had to fly the helicopter over a couple of bridges while the yacht sailed underneath.

And apparently they had a massive spill late one afternoon when Burt accidentally tipped over a forty pounder of Old Grandad on the sundeck.