That disappointment at only winning 4-0, was momentarily shared by some culés, and that one Madrid-supporting columnist even gloated "next time, sunshine", ultimately only deepened the humiliation.
"If Ian Duncan Smith had been a chief executive or the manager of a sports team, he would have been sacked by now," wrote Bruce Anderson, a Conservative-supporting columnist at The Independent.
"I felt Joe Fieldss) had gone too far," said Granberg, who during months of controversy had supported the columnist's assertion that he had a First Amendment right to express unpopular views in the Hawk.
However, as the row developed, several high-profile journalists came to his support, including Guardian columnist George Monbiot and Caitlin Moran from the Times, who tweeted: "Johann Hari generally writes good, thoughtful, brave journalism, and makes Fleet Street a better place".
Mo should make his prize global".For what it's worth, your columnist supports Mr Ibrahim's effort to stress the need for good government in Africa.
During the same period, an analysis of coverage in the newspaper's online archives showed, the paper published five editorial-page endorsements in favor of sit/lie and two columns by Andrew S. Ross, the paper's business page columnist, supporting the ordinance.
And when a columnist supported Hain in the Guardian he was inundated with mail from people - many willing to give their name - who defended sex with children.
On the Daily Telegraph website, the columnist Mary Riddell supported the prime minister.
Even pro-government columnists who support revisions to the Constitution are complaining about an ambient "allergy to Turkishness".
As critic, essayist, and Opportunity magazine columnist, he supported realistic writing and harshly attacked literature that distorted black life.
The truth is, closing loopholes has much stronger support among economists and columnists than it does among voters.
