Rita Skeeter giving a speech to the students of Hogwarts in the Great Hall In 1981, at the fall of Voldemort and end of the War, Skeeter reported on the Death Eater trials before the Council of Magical Law people such as Igor Karkaroff and Ludovic Bagman. Skeeter was a journalist at the time of the First Wizarding War when Lord Voldemort was in power. Also sometime in her early career, Skeeter provided a quote for the critical acclaim for Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp, when she wrote " I've read worse." as a review.Ī younger Rita Skeeter as a court reporter at the trial of Igor Karkaroff This book turned out to be a best-seller, with numerous copies sold. It, based on many of her later books, was presumably also an exaggerated history of him to gain controversy and by extension, popularity and fame. Rita standing with her camera man preparing for an interviewĭuring her early days as an author, Skeeter wrote a biography on Armando Dippet, entitled Armando Dippet: Master or Moron?. Career as a journalist/author (1970s-1995) Early years Skeeter aspired to be a journalist and an author, and used this ability to spy and eavesdrop as a beetle for her articles. Skeeter spent time training to become an Animagus and, at some point prior to 1986, she was finally able to transform into a beetle at will. She had spent time currying favour with Slughorn and had gained acceptance to one of his parties, only for Bilmes' prank which ended the meeting early and finished her chances of joining for good. She held resentment towards Bilton Bilmes for his prank which prevented her joining the Slug Club, which involved putting Bulbadox powder in Horace Slughorn's tea. Skeeter attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in her youth. Skeeter was born into a half-blood or pure-blood family in 1951. 1.3 The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore (1997)īiography Early life (1951-1970s).1.2.7 International Confederation of Wizard's Conference.Her ability to acquire information was assisted by her status as an unregistered beetle Animagus. Her biography of Harry Potter, for instance, was described as being only one-quarter factual with the remaining three-quarters being pure fabrication and general dislike for Harry Potter being made into fake stories. Rita's writing tended to be sensationalist and sometimes outright dishonest, paralleling her beliefs about writing what people "like to read". She also wrote biographies of Armando Dippet, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, and Harry Potter. Notable stories Rita covered include the trials of various Death Eaters after the First Wizarding War, the Triwizard Tournament, and (albeit reluctantly) Harry Potter's account of Lord Voldemort's return to power in 1995 for The Quibbler. Skeeter preferred writing for the sake of publicity and wrote what she thought people would "like to read" and what was lies rather than what they "ought to read" and which was the truth.Īlbus Dumbledore in particular described her writing as "enchantingly nasty" after she wrote an unfavourable article about him. She wrote articles for the Daily Prophet, as well as a few 'tell-all' biographies. These stories tended to be based on false information and misreported interviews. 1951) was a British witch and journalist who specialised in writing poison-pen stories. You don't care, do you, anything for a story, and anyone will do, won't they?" - Hermione Granger admonishing Rita's horrid personality
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