Destination Earth

     The overt message in this clip was that oil and competition are good and need for everything in America to run, and that the chance of finding oil is low (1 in 9 wells find oil and 1 in 44 find enough oil to support itself). The covert is basically the same as the overt message: oil is needed and chancy, which is bad.      By having a convert and overt message that are as similar as they are this clip is persuaion, not propaganda. The clip did not hide anything, everything positive and everything negatice about oil was shared. Gliterring Generalities were used to help persuade the audience that oil is needed. The aliens said that "all Americans have cars." This is not true there are plently of Americans who do not own a car, but saying all allowed oil to appear a nesesicity.