Rita Skeeter - the background in the British Press (Longish)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 82655

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "junediamanti" 
<june.diamanti at b...> wrote:


June:
> IMHO the Daily Prophet is not the Times.  It is the Daily Mirror or 
> the Daily Mail (these are tabloid newspapers and therefore 
> downmarket) the Mail is conservative aligned and the Mirror is 
> largely pro-Tony Blair.  The broadsheet press do not largely employ 
> the likes of Rita Skeeters.  
> > 


Geoff:
I beg to differ. The wizarding world appears to have two papers -
 "The Daily Prophet" and "The Quibbler".

I feel that the DP would be nearer to "The Times". The latter paper 
is often considered to be very much "the" paper and it carries 
official information. The Court Circular for example details 
movements of the Royal Family and there will be reports of goings-on 
in Parliament often extracted from the official record Hansard and 
much political action outside of Westminster is frequently covered. 
The DP is obviously the mouthpiece of the Ministry of Magic and under 
a considerable degree of control by Fudge whereby the official line 
is promulgated to the detriment of anyone who doesn't toe this line 
or enjoy the favour of the establishment.

"The Quibbler"? To those who know it, I would equate it to 
the "Sunday Sport".

Geoff: