Journalistic Accuracy

[derannimer]

No: HPFGUIDX 55986

Susan wrote:

> As someone in journalism biz, that bothers me no little.
> Perhaps the Daily Prophet is the Wizarding World's
> "NY Post", while the more sedate "NY Times" analogue
> has not yet been seen in the HP Canon.
> "All the news that fits, we print." <grin>

The other thing to remember is that Fleet Street has always tended to 
be more sensationalistic, and more openly partisan, than their US 
counterparts. From what I've read of British newspapers, even the 
Times of London isn't as sedate as the Grey Lady, or as even-handed 
as the Washington Post. The line between tabloid reporting and 
reputable reporting isn't quite so clear as it is over here. 

And wizarding culture tends to bit larger than life anyway--and seems 
to be culturally not quite modern--so I'm not surprised that their 
press is a bit, well, _His Girl Friday_ sometimes. Papers used to be 
less concerned with accuracy than they are today. Look at the sorts 
of things Hearst used to do. Or that Rupert Murdoch currently does. 
Wizarding journalism in general may be a bit more tabloid-y, like 
that, kind of. 



Derannimer, who would take Rita over Geraldo any day