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EmmaRiddle · 07-13-2004, 07:51 PM

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Originally posted by elf_dobby@Jul 13 2004, 05:21 PM
I actually think the reporter who wrote the article hasn't researched that many films to be honest. There are numerous other films that show the better side of reporter, i.e. The Pelican Brief, I Love Trouble, and even Superman.

What his/her problem is is that they named big budget current films and it bugs them that kids don't believe all reporters are honest. Well that, I'm afraid, just isn't ever going to be true.

Rita wouldn't have been as funny had she been as honest as Denzel in the Pelican Brief. I personally feel that J.K. showed the true side of reporting, the story, it's all they want because it's all their job requires. It just so happens that HP is a worldwide hit and they're scared their reps resemble that of Rita so much that it scares most of them.

On the other hand there's "Shattered Glass" which was a true story about a dishonest journalist who fabricated stories for the New Republican magazine.

I suppose it swings both ways. I enjoyed that ^ film and I think Stephen Glass, the reporter, was a genius.

I really dont get the comparison to Rita; JK didn't write it that way to portray journo's as dishonest, she just did it for one of them to show how tabloids and government influenced papers can be biased and tainted. It's just another reflection of reality, as later saw in OotP, just how much the MoM controls the Daily Prophet and what is written in it.

I agree that other films might portray journos as bad for the sake of it or to follow the crowd or else because they believe there is no hope left in the world of journalism. I however believe there is. There's no need to discriminate all journos because of the bad tabloid ones who only do it for the money, possible fame and to have thie rname "up in lights".

07-13-2004, 07:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
EmmaRiddle Crup Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK Posts: 17,077 Hogwarts RPG Name: Marcella Riddle Graduated	Kaplinski Rival Sorting Hat Machine Quote: Originally posted by elf_dobby@Jul 13 2004, 05:21 PM I actually think the reporter who wrote the article hasn't researched that many films to be honest. There are numerous other films that show the better side of reporter, i.e. The Pelican Brief, I Love Trouble, and even Superman. What his/her problem is is that they named big budget current films and it bugs them that kids don't believe all reporters are honest. Well that, I'm afraid, just isn't ever going to be true. Rita wouldn't have been as funny had she been as honest as Denzel in the Pelican Brief. I personally feel that J.K. showed the true side of reporting, the story, it's all they want because it's all their job requires. It just so happens that HP is a worldwide hit and they're scared their reps resemble that of Rita so much that it scares most of them. On the other hand there's "Shattered Glass" which was a true story about a dishonest journalist who fabricated stories for the New Republican magazine. I suppose it swings both ways. I enjoyed that ^ film and I think Stephen Glass, the reporter, was a genius. I really dont get the comparison to Rita; JK didn't write it that way to portray journo's as dishonest, she just did it for one of them to show how tabloids and government influenced papers can be biased and tainted. It's just another reflection of reality, as later saw in OotP, just how much the MoM controls the Daily Prophet and what is written in it. I agree that other films might portray journos as bad for the sake of it or to follow the crowd or else because they believe there is no hope left in the world of journalism. I however believe there is. There's no need to discriminate all journos because of the bad tabloid ones who only do it for the money, possible fame and to have thie rname "up in lights".