Propaganda in BP

Emerld Video- He uses glittering generalties by stating that BP is doing a great job in cleaning up the oil spill. But we dont know exactly what they are doing and there is no way to measure greatness. A fallacy used in this video is the band wagon fallacy by stating "everyone" is doing their best to clean up the oil spill. These are used too give people vaige hope. There are no specifics yet it leaves you with a postive feeling.

US Olympics- Transfer is used in this commercial by transferring the positive loved emotions of the olympics to BP which is sponsering it. The athletes are portrayed as hard working and patriotic which is now assocaited with BP. A fallacy used is confusion of correlation and causation. They are trying to show that there set backs have been what made them greay.

Commitment to America- plain folks is used in this commericial because it portrays everyday people that are happy living on the gulf and in an healthy environment. A fallacy used in half truths because it lists a lot of statistics that portray BP in a good light instead of listing all of the statistics that show all of the harm that was cause by the oil spill

Tony Heyward- Card stacking is used in this commercial by only listing the statistics and facts of what BP is doing to help clean up the oil spill. No where in the commercial do they inform the audience of the immense damage BP did to the gulf. A fallacy used in this commercial is half truths. BP is painting only painting there company in a good light and showing how much they are helping to clean up the gulf when they are the reason for the spill in the first place

Gulf Tourism- Testimonial is used in this commercial by having various local big names in the commercial. Confusion and correlation and causation can be seen in this commercial because BP is trying to making the connecting that the oil spill has led to the largest tourism numbers in years.

"This Land is Your Land"

"This Land is Your Land" shows that Guthrie feels as if America is freedom ridden, and no one will ever be able to hold him back or diminish his freedom. This can be seen in the lines where Guthrie states, "Nobody living can ever stop me". This portrays his belief that no one can keep him from being free in America. Also in the lines, "As I go walking that freedom highway, nobody living can ever make me turn back." This emphasizes how woven freedom is into his path by using the term "freedom highway". The second part of the line illustrates he wouldn't live any other way. I agree with Gutherie's message that American and its freedom is important.