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The '''''Daily Mail''''' is a [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] tabloid newspaper that is published daily.<ref name="wikipedia">"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail Daily Mail]" on Wikipedia</ref>
'''''The Daily Mail''''' was a [[Muggle]] tabloid newspaper. A few days after the attack on the [[Millennium Bridge]] in the summer of [[1996]], patrons were seen reading their tabloid of choice at [[Treats]]; ''The Daily Mail'' was among them.<ref name="script">Mentioned on the [http://warnerbros2009.warnerbros.com/assets/screenplays/hpathbp_screenplay.pdf ''Half-Blood Prince'' script] released on the [http://warnerbros2009.warnerbros.com/#/movies/harrypotter/foryourconsideration/ Warner Bros. Awards website]</ref> [[Vernon Dursley]] was a reader.<ref name="GF3">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' - Chapter 3 (''The Invitation'')</ref>
 
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==History==
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[[Vernon Dursley]] was among this newspaper's readers.<ref name="GOF3">{{GOF|B|3}}</ref> When [[Harry Potter]] entered the kitchen at [[4 Privet Drive]] on the morning of [[23 August]] [[1994]], [[Vernon Dursley]] did not acknowledge him, as he was absorbed in his copy of the ''Daily Mail''.<ref name="GOF3" />
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A few days after the [[Millennium Bridge]] attack in the summer of [[1996]], patrons at [[Treats]] were seen reading various newspapers, including the ''Daily Mail''.<ref name="script">Mentioned on the [http://warnerbros2009.warnerbros.com/assets/screenplays/hpathbp_screenplay.pdf ''Half-Blood Prince'' script] released on the [http://warnerbros2009.warnerbros.com/#/movies/harrypotter/foryourconsideration/ Warner Bros. Awards website]</ref>
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
*''[[Wikipedia:Daily Mail|The Daily Mail]]'' is a real-world tabloid newspaper, founded in [[1890s|1896]]. ''The Daily Mail'' is the [[Great Britain|United Kingdom]]'s second biggest-selling daily newspaper.
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*''[[Wikipedia:Daily Mail|The Daily Mail]]'' is a real-world tabloid newspaper founded in [[1896]].<ref name="wikipedia" /> It is is the [[Great Britain|United Kingdom]]'s second biggest-selling daily newspaper.
 
*[[J. K. Rowling]] has said she particularly dislikes this British tabloid, which once made references to a stalker she insisted did not exist, and conducted interviews with her estranged ex-husband. As one journalist noted, "''Harry's Uncle Vernon is a grotesque philistine of violent tendencies and remarkably little brain. It is not difficult to guess which newspaper Rowling gives him to read.''"<ref name="AQ">[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/0700-scotsman-lockerbie.html Lockerbie, Catherine. "All aboard the Hogwarts Express," The Scotsman, 11 July 2000] on [http://www.accio-quote.org/index.html Accio Quote!]</ref>
 
*[[J. K. Rowling]] has said she particularly dislikes this British tabloid, which once made references to a stalker she insisted did not exist, and conducted interviews with her estranged ex-husband. As one journalist noted, "''Harry's Uncle Vernon is a grotesque philistine of violent tendencies and remarkably little brain. It is not difficult to guess which newspaper Rowling gives him to read.''"<ref name="AQ">[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/0700-scotsman-lockerbie.html Lockerbie, Catherine. "All aboard the Hogwarts Express," The Scotsman, 11 July 2000] on [http://www.accio-quote.org/index.html Accio Quote!]</ref>
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*On the 11th June 2020 J. K. Rowling's article defending her Twitter posts which had publicly been condemned as transphobic was published in the Daily Mail<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8409665/JK-ROWLINGS-deeply-personal-compelling-essay-defending-womens-rights.html</ref>. Rowling has not yet commented as to whether her stance on the paper has changed.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
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==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
 
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Latest revision as of 16:49, 19 October 2021

The Daily Mail is a Muggle tabloid newspaper that is published daily.[2]

History

Vernon Dursley was among this newspaper's readers.[1] When Harry Potter entered the kitchen at 4 Privet Drive on the morning of 23 August 1994, Vernon Dursley did not acknowledge him, as he was absorbed in his copy of the Daily Mail.[1]

A few days after the Millennium Bridge attack in the summer of 1996, patrons at Treats were seen reading various newspapers, including the Daily Mail.[3]

Behind the scenes

  • The Daily Mail is a real-world tabloid newspaper founded in 1896.[2] It is is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper.
  • J. K. Rowling has said she particularly dislikes this British tabloid, which once made references to a stalker she insisted did not exist, and conducted interviews with her estranged ex-husband. As one journalist noted, "Harry's Uncle Vernon is a grotesque philistine of violent tendencies and remarkably little brain. It is not difficult to guess which newspaper Rowling gives him to read."[4]
  • On the 11th June 2020 J. K. Rowling's article defending her Twitter posts which had publicly been condemned as transphobic was published in the Daily Mail[5]. Rowling has not yet commented as to whether her stance on the paper has changed.

Appearances

Notes and references