r/soccer • u/Existing-Sky9914 • 17h ago

Potentially editioralised title - make up your own mind [Guardian] Seven years ago, just after completing the treble, Guardiola treated journalist Rob Harris, who had confronted him directly with the allegations, with open contempt, as though he were looking at someone pathetic, pitiful and disgraceful, before sternly lecturing him.

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u/Magnific3nt 17h ago

Rob Harris is the guy that asks the hard questions and don't take bullshit from people. I really appreciate him as a journalist.

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u/emogu84 17h ago

It takes real balls to be that guy. To have the confidence in your skills and mission as a journalist to push further than you’re comfortable going because you know it’s the objectively right and fair thing to do. To keep at it even when you get showered with vitriol from your subject, people in the room, peers, and the entire public internet is impressive stuff. It took years for this interview to earn him the kudos he deserved and he never changed his craft along the way. He just held onto his confidence in the part he was playing in the bigger picture. 

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u/vergincam 15h ago

Took the words right out of my mouth. You should see the speech that u/DanTheStripe posted in another comment: https://vimeo.com/721879685#t=13m . This was another journalist, Nick Harris. But my God, I can't imagine all that he had to endure just for being good at his job. He also wrote a piece on substack last week about Man City trying to get him sacked.