Heath smiled at Claudine's greeting. He was already looking to the front when Professor Recard began the lesson. Oh, so they were talking about media. That explained why he couldn’t think of a specific person connected with all four of the publications on the board. He blinked, unsure what to make of the activity. Analyzing the magazine covers didn’t sound too hard, but explaining his opinions to the class always made him a bit nervous. He didn’t fancy the possibility of having his thoughts torn apart in front of everyone! Couldn’t he just spare himself the worry and write his analysis instead?

He looked toward the board. The first thing he noticed was the bright, splashy colors and eye-catching fonts. Then he got a better look at each one individually. The first one was clearly a quidditch magazine, as the other definition of the word seeker made no sense in context, probably from the 1994 Quidditch World Cup if the teams mentioned were any indication. Based on the design and freebie included, The Quibbler seemed geared toward more subjective and abstract topics, as opposed to The Daily Prophet. As for Witch Weekly, just the name alone suggested that it was meant to be a women’s interest magazine. Then he noticed something that all four had in common.

“They all cater to a certain point of view,” he said after raising his hand. “For example, Seeker Weekly says “great final”, but the people who were pulling for any team other than Ireland or Bulgaria might not have thought that match was great at all. Spectrespecs allegedly help the wearer see wrackspurts, so by including them, The Quibbler caters to people who believe such things. The negative wording of the Dumbledore headline contrasted with the more positively worded one about Fudge suggest that the Daily Prophet takes a pro-ministry point of view. Even the Witch Weekly cover - the title, the use of pink, the cake - suggests that the magazine buys into gender stereotypes.” There was nothing controversial about that, right? He really did not want to argue with anyone! Just in case, he added, “Whether or not we as readers agree with those points of view is moot; the point I was trying to make is that the covers give us insight into what the publications’ beliefs were at the time.”

He blinked in a daze, not used to talking that much at once. Did he really just say all that? Yeah, he was… just gonna go back to being quiet now.