Rita didn't appreciate her answer. A lot changed since the Dark Lord's funeral. There were entire decades that the laughable excuse for a reporter wouldn't dare to write a single sentence about Hermione that wasn't complimentary. When it was clear that she no longer possessed the same amount of power she once did, she was fair game. No doubt Rita couldn't stand the thought of returning to a time when she couldn't insult her nemesis in print. Old wounds didn't always heal with the passage of time. Some of them festered and grew pustulant.