Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna July 2010, McKelway akapa nhau mhenyu nokuda kwenhepfenyuro yemasikati yenhepfenyuro yemusangano nemapoka echitendero nemapoka ezvemamiriro okunze ayo akanga achiratidzira kupindura kweBP kuGulf oil spill
. McKelway akataura pamusoro pemipiro yeBP kuMutungamiri weDemocratic Barack Obama. Mushure mekuparadzirwa, McKelway akasangana neManeja weWJLA Station Bill Lord, uyo akapokana nenyaya dzekubatsira kweBP dzichiziviswa mumushumo mhenyu, uye zvichitevera kupisa kupisa, McKelway akamiswa kubva pamabasa ake ekuzivisa pamwe nekusimbisa mangwanani-ngwanani "Mangwanani akanaka, Washington" nhau inoratidza. "The Washington Post" gare gare yakashuma musi waSeptember 17, 2010, kuti McKelway akanga adzingwa. Kubvira pakudzingwa kwake iye akaitwa mushandi neFox News Channel, iyo iye zvino yava mutori wenhau wayo.