Rita's Scoop (was Summary ch. 5 & 6)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Laura somethingorother" 
<anitaskeeter at y...> wrote:

but you have to admit, her style of  writing had a certain je ne sais 
quoi. And she DID report the news to 
> her readers. She got stories, and except for that one with Harry and 
> Herm and Krum, they were stories that the public had a right to know 
> (Hagrid's connection with the giants, etc). If only she hadn't put 
> her own opinions in them....>

Even though I enjoyed your responses to the chapter questions, this 
one just jumped out at me and I had to respond.

Why would Hagrid's status as a half giant be something the public has 
a right to know?  It's not a contagious disease that might be spread.  
My students don't have to know that I am Jewish; it is something I 
choose to talk about with them.  I wouldn't just call Rita's methods 
of news gathering devious, I would say that she has no regard for the 
law or for other people in general.  She thinks nothing of humiliating 
people - and for falsehoods!  The first article she wrote that we got 
wind of was a lie: the rumor that several bodies were found at the 
QWC.  She is a journalist for the wrong reasons.  I find her writing 
to be more damaging than either fact reporting or entertaining.  

Rita Skeeter would have been one of those disgusting photographers 
snapping pictures of a dying Princess Diana in her crashed car.  Nope, 
Rita Skeeter gets a big thumbs down from me.

--jenny from ravenclaw, who hates the paparazzi (sp?) 
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