This is her chance to explore this unexplored concept of writing journalism as a member of the Fourth Estate, trying to hold people accountable; she's never done that, and when Hermione reminds her outright, "I can blackmail you," then she gives Rita the assignment. "Harry, are you ready to tell the public the truth?" She has just become Rita's editor.

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LK: We know, from him having put three memories in the Pensieve, that Snape has his own important things at risk here.

JC: My first read with it was that there were things that he didn't want Harry to know, but now I'm like, 'Oh, there's things he doesn't want the Dark Lord to know.' He's not worried about Harry knowing.

LK: If Voldemort sees things, he doesn't have the emotional intelligence to put them together a certain way; if Harry sees those things, Harry does.

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LK: We run into Neville and his grandmother Augusta visiting Neville's parents in the long-term care ward.
JC: Hermione has the sudden horror that Kreacher has a picture of her in his little den.
LK: This is the human cost of family separation. The people who knowingly do this and enjoy the results have lives and emotional connections, too.

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