Rita Skeeter: The Epitome of Ethics (was Rita's Scoop)

[Laura somethingorother]

No: HPFGUIDX 23749

(that was a sarcastic title)

Dang.

You know....I wasn't sure of myself when I wrote that. I was sort of 
banking on the fact that certainly no one would read my answers to 
those questions, but ah well. We all wish for anonymity when it suits 
our needs. Lemme see if I can justify my actions like the good little 
Slytherin I am.

I do agree, of course, that Rita is a very nasty piece of work. I'm 
sure she'd not only have been one of the first on the scene at Di's 
crash, but probably would have been indirectly involved by trying to 
splatter herself on the windshield in her Animagus form. Hmm. THAT's 
a theory; Rita was what caused the crash in the first place...what a 
scoop.

Erm....well. As for Hagrid's being half-giant, one must admit that it 
was very news-worthy, even if the means by which the information was 
obtained were sick and wrong. Since most wizards think of giants as 
mean-spirited and brutal, Rita could argue a sense of civic duty in 
informing the wizarding community at large that their children 
were "in danger." But of course we all know Rita too well to believe 
she had good intentions.

Oh, I'm sure she thinks something of humiliating people. She thinks 
it good fun. And of course she has no regard for the law; but then 
again, who DOES in the HP books, except for possibly Snape? The Boy 
Who Lived doesn't particularly concern himself with the laws of the 
land. Of course, he makes up for it by following a higher sort of 
law, and Rita doesn't.....really...do that....but y'know.

Yeah, she writes damaging things. But I confess I found them 
hilarious. She has absolutely no morals or ethics, and she 
editorialized her hard news stories and broke eighty-four thousand 
rules and oh, sometimes I wish I could do the same.

I live vicariously through Rita. How sad is that?

I love her because she's absolutely a horrible person and KNOWS it 
and is completely unrepentant. There's some Pratchett quote from "The 
Truth" that perfectly illustrates this side of my personality, but be 
danged if I can remember it. Ah well. I'll find it and create a very 
meaningless post.


--Anita
who cheerfully admits that she rather enjoys tabloids, as they are 
hilarious and report such scientific miracles as three-headed dogs 
(Fluffy!)