Ha’way the Podcast have posted up an interview with Keith Downie this morning. A really interesting listen, he talks a lot about his perspective on the animosity he’s received from sections of our fan base over the past few years. It’s really disheartening to hear the extent of some of the abuse and in some cases physical threats he’s received due to factors largely outside of his control. Some people really need to have a long look in the mirror.
Yeah a bit banter on twitter and that is fine but in pubs and that He was buzzing when newcastle were doing well yeah but its his job, seems equally as buzzing we are too like he says he gets pelters from both sides dependent on the news, goods news we love keef, bad news keef is a mackem/mag
Unfortunately thats just the way social media is, I highly doubt 90% of the keyboard warriors would say anything to his face. Its all just for attention.
He talks about having to leave a pub in Sunderland after the play-off semi-final after getting physical threats. Social media abuse is unfortunately par for the course for anyone with a public profile online, especially those linked to the tribal animal of football. Feeling physically threatened in person is a completely different kettle of fish and should never be happening.
Physical threats, any kind of threats, be it online or any other form is 100 percent not on. I haven't heard the interview and won't. Once again I do not condone anyone receiving threats but when you live in Newcastle, have a YouTube channel dedicated to Newcastle United using his Sky Sports information yet claim to be a northeast correspondent nasty people may take exception.
Generations of SAFC fans have grown up seeing national journalists queuing up to pipe off NUFC fans with "Nation's second favourite fans", "Iconic Number Nine", "Cathedral on the Hill". It works because meaningless catchphrases require no actual journalism, take minutes to type up and and their fans lap it up. It's no wonder they get abused when they rock up to our matches after constantly fawning over our mentally challenged rivals. Keith's colleagues must think he's nuts to stick his head above the parapet and dare to cover another Northern team. Hopefully he gets the credit he deserves, his SAFC coverage has been excellent so far.
Hard to feel sympathy whilst agreeing that abuse is wrong, he has made his bed and we don't live in a utopia.
He's wounded he wasn't invited to the Mags pre season in Korea. Only reason he's thrown himself into Sunderland business as much as he has. I don't understand why he's somehow getting all the exclusives. Started the video i posted above with a bit passive aggressive "banter" about it being sunny in Korea.
Our fans immediately feeling sorry for him is everything wrong with our fanbase, soft When’s he reporting on the Saudi human right issues? Look at his pinned tweet and profile header. Crying tears of joy when they got took over by a disgusting regime Don’t be taken in by this nicey act. Of course Physical violence is never right in any circumstances I agree with that (but not sure that’s even happened? and I could name one journalist who had it worse, man called Jamal…)
It's fair to say no-one in the NE is a top sports reporter, group photos of them look like the cafe off Star Wars. That said, one is trying to regularly report on SAFC alongside the mags, something as unlikely as a journalist telling the truth. Hopefully he won't end up the same way.
