The Olympic dream is not shared by all media in the United States. THE Washington Post, in particular, is not afraid to call for an end to the Games after the corruption and doping cases revealed in recent months. In an editorial titled “Stop the Olympics”, columnist Charles Lane denounces the profiteering of leaders, the cheating of athletes and the hypocrisy of the Olympic movement. An editorial without nuance that the American journalist concluded with these words: “A world without the Olympic Games might be a little less exciting once every two years, but it would be significantly more honest all the rest of the time. »
— Published on May 19, 2016
