![]() In Snicket’s Unauthorised Autobiography Julienne even admits in a letter: “I’ve never been good with names but I still think I’m a pretty good reporter … and sometimes I write rumours, or things I make up, instead of facts.” Their star reporter Geraldine Julienne matches Rita Skeeter pound-for-pound with her hunt for the Big Story – whether it is remotely true or not seems to be mere details. The Punctilio carries stories that show little, if any, background research into the subject matter, often running on rumour with comical spelling mistakes and wrongly named characters featured. Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events also features reporting in a bad light, with the Snicket world permeated with stories from The Daily Punctilio: whose motto “News in fits of print” deliciously parodies the New York Times’ tagline of “News that’s fit to print.” Though Skeeter does not stand alone in this new school of literary journalism. The last 50 years have seen the fictional reporter figure degenerate from literally superheroes – The Daily Planet’s Clarke Kent and The Daily Bugle’s budding photographer Peter Parker – to such intrusive and duplicitous sleazy tabloid creations as spawned by J.K. When interviewing Harry in the broom closet during the Goblet of Fire, it is clear that Skeeter knows exactly what story she is going to write before the “acid-green” Quill has even been taken out, always looking for the sensationalist angle in a style that Dumbledore labelled “enchantingly nasty.” The Daily Prophet reporter is clearly not what she seems little is given away about her beyond her Quick Quotes Quill – the note-taking device that records Skeeter’s interviews but what the Quill chooses to write down is often very different from the words coming out of the interviewee’s mouth. In recent years, popular culture has accepted this negative stereotype of a sensationalist, dishonest reporter, willing to do anything to get the scoop and Skeeter follows this model: she tails Harry everywhere in her efforts to get the exclusive story on “The Boy That Lived.” Rowling universe – including investigative reporter Rita Skeeter. ![]() Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire presents the 4th year for Harry, Ron and Hermione at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, introducing a plethora of new characters into the J.K. ![]() Quidditch brooms at the ready: This Autumn heralds the latest film adaptation in the Harry Potter franchise. Is J.K Rowling’s Rita Skeeter the new face of the fictional journalist?
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