OOTP clip, narrated by ignorant asshat.

[emmagrant01]

This was linked to from The Leaky Cauldron, and it's hilarious because the reporter clearly does not know what the fuck she is talking about. She thinks Umbridge is about to stab the Trio in the Forbidden Forest scene (with her wand, perhaps?), and she thinks there is a Harry/Cho/Luna love triangle in the movie. o_0

I mean, come on. Surely someone involved in the production of this segment must have read the books? Apparently not. Haven't these people heard of research? Don't they know how popular these books are, and how stupid it makes them look when they get it so very wrong?

Spoilers for the film, obviously.

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[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

It really is sad, isn't it? I remember watching the local news one night while a reporter was talking about the topics on the upcoming state high school exit exam. She was reading them off a piece of paper, and one was "the pith-a-gore-ian theorem". It took me a minute to figure out she'd meant the Pythagorean theorem. I was all 0_0.

But seriously, you'd think people would know Harry Potter better than they know middle school math. Maybe...

[mamainak.livejournal.com]

Yeah...
But one of the things that irritates me the most is this explosion of amateur journalist on TV. On commercial TV (especially on specific one) they are, like, picking up the girls from fashion shows and magazine covers. It's unbelievable!

Some awful voices, can't pronounce simple words correctly, not articulate at all, wrong accents, forget to breathe, they let some weird sounds from their noses and sound like they're going to choke from the tempo of their talking! Also, I've seen lots of reports and interviews that have wrong information, they didn't do research about person and then they go and ask some serious questions that are totally outdated or misplaced and EVERYONE (except her/him) knows what happened and when.

But it doesn't matter, as long as they can wear sponsor clothes from companies that produce miniature sizes and they attract male audience.
Actually I don't care if they are toothpick size as long as they do their job properly (yeah, I know, influence on kids, but that's another topic...) and they know what they are doing.
Even the most talented ones have to go through some course or training. This ones only get tight shirts and few layers of make-up and producers are keeping fingers crossed that people will be so bedazzled by looking at them that they won't notice mistakes.

Ok, it's so transparent that is not worthy discussing Why? and How? because it's obvious.

Just a little rant. It crossed my mind. I'm done.