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

[dfrankiswork at netscape.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 23811

Anita Skeeter wrote:

I was sort of 
>banking on the fact that certainly no one would read my answers to 
>those questions, but ah well. 

and you call yourself Skeeter?
>
>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.

Diana knew a thing or too about manipulating the press herself.  To some extent the Dis of this world are responsible for creating the Ritas

>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. 

The world needs her.  Think how much worse Fudge would be without her.  At least he tries to think how his actions will play in the press which is a bit of a restraint.  Imagine if Lockhart ran for Minister of Magic - she'd be needed to take him down a peg.

David, wondering if Rock A. Hardslab can explain the difference between an obsessed nitwit and an obsessive nitpicker



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