Media Monitors Network (MMN)

"Civil libertarians have been very critical of the PATRIOT Act, believing that the balance between liberty and power has tipped too far toward the latter. But, with an election around the corner, the American people can have the final say on this question. Well, not quite."

"One interesting aspect of Pakistan’s military rule is that the Army implements the democracy in its own terms. They pick and choose the bureaucrats, the landlords cum politician and even the judges of the highest civil courts who would show faith on army as a supreme power in the country and abide to follow the democracy on the direction of the military."

"The Israeli National Security Council is rapidly progressing with its detailed plans for disengagement. Various professional committees in Israel are working almost around the clock preparing every aspect of the disengagement. Almost everything possible to do to ensure success of the disengagement is taking place – except the most important thing – coordinating and negotiating with the Palestinians, without this, the plan is doomed to fail and we will all continue to pay the price."

"BIMSTEC is an excellent initiative in these days of globalisation. If India can iron out its differences with its smaller neighbours, then the neglected North East could become a hub of economic activity and a model of development."

"The networks do devote some air time to the presidential race. But viewers are apt to get most of their “information” about the contest from the onslaught of paid campaign commercials. And the news reporting is usually so mired in the muck of cliches and corporatized assumptions that the spin often renders the coverage worthless or worse."