"Iran … has yet to experience the full economic benefits it had expected from the deal, which has weakened reformers like president Hassan Rouhani," is how a New York Times editorial described the situation last week.
A Feb. 14 editorial describes the situation facing Indonesia's president, Abdurrahman Wahid, with regard to former President Suharto's alleged corruption and General Wiranto's alleged involvement in atrocities in East Timor.
The Washington Post editorial states the situation thusly: "Getting grilled on Capitol Hill has become a rite of passage for many big companies that draw scrutiny".
Irrespective of whether it is influencing editorial decisions, that situation would reflect poorly on the company which would be seen to be currying favor and distorting realities.
Editorials likened the situation to Aesop's fable of Hercules and the Carter, where Hercules tells a stuck carter that he will not assist unless the carter himself is willing to help.
PAGE C28 Editorial SALVAGING AFGHANISTAN The situation in Afghanistan is coming apart quickly.
In this unusual situation, the editorial decision to publish this study should not be viewed as an endorsement of this practice nor an encouragement of similar attempts, but rather the sounding of an alarm to draw immediate attention to the urgent need to rein in applications of gene-editing technologies, especially in the human germ cells or embryos.
Beijing has praised Mr Leung's handling of the situation through editorials in the Chinese Communist Party newspaper People's Daily.
The Chicago Tribune editorial page calls the current situation in Iraq the most "tenuous time since the removal of Saddam Hussein".
"The information Snowden has revealed concerns China, and we need to understand our situation well," another editorial on Global Times, a popular nationalistic tabloid, maintained.
