But most people . Such demands are of course ultimately anti-capitalist because they can't be realized under capitalist property relations. Such misrepresentations supported the implication that the protesters' criticisms were not so dissimilar to those of many WTO delegates themselves. Thus, it was the WTO's failure to explain its case well, rather than its policies, that the papers portrayed as a key cause of the demonstrations. Expansion of trade and investment . . .
Language is perhaps the most basic indicator of the corporate media's views.
Overall, the Los Angeles Times had more thorough coverage of the demonstrations, including the protesters' use of the Internet and of cellular telephones. The New York Times offered a broader context for viewing the protests. This was as close as either newspaper came to explaining either the WTO's workings or its history. The New York Times' and the Los Angeles Times' coverage was in sharp contrast to that in Britain's daily Guardian and SundayObserver, which ran sixty-seven stories and editorials on the Seattle protests between November 21 and December 21, 1999. Only the latter noted the international nature of the protests.