One journalist described it as the "unchallenged flop of the year".
They were not impressed by the French, whom a journalist at the time described as "too excitable to enjoy the game".
A journalist describes the Wall Street "media machine" and its effect on the stock market.
Many writers, intellectuals, journalists and political activists have described him as an intellectual mentor.
A journalist describes a war against women's rights.
And Colombian journalists described how their colleagues had been assaulted.
Based on what these journalists have described, it's hard to blame them for their excitement.
This resulted in a major struggle which a British journalist described:
Many opposition legislators and journalists later described the police presence as excessive.
It is also very important when we meet journalists to describe the complexity of the picture.