Rupert Murdoch to Buy the Daily Prophet
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ericadawn16Rupert Murdoch to Buy the Daily Prophet
It's well worth the read, it's hilarious:
http://www.slate.com/id/2298954/pagenum/all/#p2
Contributing many bogus stories to the Daily Prophet was the unprincipled and inaccurate hack Rita Skeeter, who has also worked at the Quibbler and the Witch Weekly. Skeeter, the master of the hatchet job, is author of Snape: Hero or Scoundrel?, The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore, and Armando Dippet: Master or Moron?
Skeeter, like Rebekah Brooks, is as much a carnival barker as a journalist, which makes her a natural fit inside the Murdoch operation. When Murdoch met Skeeter, he was bowled over by her vampy demeanor. Another plus for Skeeter in Murdoch's view is her skill at breaking stories, no matter how spurious or unscrupulous. Like the phone-hackers at News of the World, Skeeter relies less on shoe-leather reporting than she does on underhanded journalistic techniques. She is notorious for inventing quotations, in part because of her reliance on the Quick-Quotes Quill, which sensationalizes whatever answers interview subjects give to questions. Murdoch hopes that when he makes the Prophet deal, he'll also be able to use his new wizardly connection to purchase 10,000 Quick-Quotes Quills for use throughout his paper empire.
It's well worth the read, it's hilarious:
http://www.slate.com/id/2298954/pagenum/all/#p2
Contributing many bogus stories to the Daily Prophet was the unprincipled and inaccurate hack Rita Skeeter, who has also worked at the Quibbler and the Witch Weekly. Skeeter, the master of the hatchet job, is author of Snape: Hero or Scoundrel?, The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore, and Armando Dippet: Master or Moron?
Skeeter, like Rebekah Brooks, is as much a carnival barker as a journalist, which makes her a natural fit inside the Murdoch operation. When Murdoch met Skeeter, he was bowled over by her vampy demeanor. Another plus for Skeeter in Murdoch's view is her skill at breaking stories, no matter how spurious or unscrupulous. Like the phone-hackers at News of the World, Skeeter relies less on shoe-leather reporting than she does on underhanded journalistic techniques. She is notorious for inventing quotations, in part because of her reliance on the Quick-Quotes Quill, which sensationalizes whatever answers interview subjects give to questions. Murdoch hopes that when he makes the Prophet deal, he'll also be able to use his new wizardly connection to purchase 10,000 Quick-Quotes Quills for use throughout his paper empire.
