Rita Skeeter's Article. (Was Re: Voldies at the Riddle Mansion; go get him!)

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m.bockermann at t... wrote:

> 
> Do you remember Rita's news article on the morning of the third 
task? The one that does not impress Harry in the least? Well, Harry 
did not care about it, but Hermione and Ron did not want him to read 
it. They did not take it seriously either, but they thought it would 
wreck his concentration.
> 
> But others wizards and witches *will* believe it. *We* might know 
that Rita is an immoral, cheating yellow press reporter of the worst 
order. But for the rest of the WW she is a reliable and captivating 
journalist. Even Molly fell to her snare and believed Rita's lies 
about Hermione. And she knows Hermione. The other wizards and witches 
do not know Harry. They have no reason to suspect foul play when she 
writes that the WW's most beloved young wizard is dangerously 
mentally ill.>>>>


That reminds me of a question that came up as I read GoF. Why did 
Molly after repeatedly defaming Rita as nothing more than a nosy 
troublemaker when she went after the MoM and Harry did she believe 
the article about Hermione? She always seem to have a very friendly 
relationship with her and knew Rita Skeeter exaggerated and 
misrepresented the facts. Did she really think a sensible fourteen 
year old girl like Hermione could be a 'scarlet woman'?
 
-Olivia