Destination Earth

The overt message is that oil is good for America and our economy, we know this due to the long informational segment about oil and how it is so enthusiastic about it. The covert message shows how the free enterprise economy of America is better than communism and that we should fear communism because people are not free to do what they like, i.e. drill for oil. Also, the incompetence of the martian when he comes to the U.S. represents the stupidity of communists and subtly says that America is better and more advanced and smarter. It is propaganda because it uses rhetoric to push the greatness of oil onto people. The red planet representing the communist country is a hidden message which makes it propaganda as well. The bandwagon of all of the martians who want to start drilling for oil shows the propaganda, as well as the many uses of glittering generalities about U.S.