Remember earlier this summer when Fox News ran interference for BP in the wake of its historical disaster? Remember how Fox News, running completely counter to public opinion, railed that the government was beating up on poor old BP? Boy, that was a strange spectacle to watch.

And specifically, do you recall when Fox News obsessed over the phony story about how the government was just letting oil containment boom sit in warehouses and, OMG, what was wrong with these bearucrats??

Well, from today's WSJ:

Containment-boom makers and their vendors that ramped up supply for BP PLC after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill say the company suddenly stopped accepting deliveries weeks ago, leaving them with millions of dollars in unused product.

Several makers of the vinyl protective sheaths known as boom and their suppliers say they are deeply in debt and have been forced to lay off workers and delay payment to vendors.