In a statement, Rowling has clarified that not every goblin in the Potterverse works in banking: “A lot are in Wizard Hollywood!”

“Failus Upwardus!”

And so many of these commenters are howling on cue.

Also, as he points out, this ‘news’ has been manufactured from a month-old podcast. So this AV Club post is clearly, lazily ripping off the Newsweek article without sourcing it.

The books say they have thin, clever faces and long fingers and toes. That's about it in terms of description. 

I still like that nice Jewish guy on Tatooine selling young gentile children. Wasn’t his name Watto or something?

Hey, AV Club, he’s explicitly called out the Newsweek article in question and how it’s utter bullshit.

Hagrid definitely didn’t do meth. 

I responded to someone about Ferengi already, the actor who played Quark has addressed this (link below) and it might be worth noting that Ferengi, like Klingons, are eventually made into empathetic characters, whereas the Goblins in Harry Potter are killed by a dragon.

Nog joins Starfleet, Rom starts a union, and…

I feel the same about the Ferengi, despite also loving them as characters. 

Watto you gonna do about it?

I just think it’s a good thing our culture hasn’t conditioned us to accept obviously anti-Semitic images as a matter of course. Watto agrees with me.

This is so bad. Stewart has made it clear that he was not accusing Rowling of antisitism, as would have been obvious to anyone who actually listened to the clip.

Person right about one thing but wrong (by, I guess, association) about another thing. More at 11:00.

Update this article. He denied he was being serious.

You never noticed how much more stable on their feet they are than gentiles?

That was McCartney's original title.

Truly. Why must people comment on a garbage fire rather than turning away and letting it burn in peace?

Hey Jew!

I know, it’s getting me hot just thinking about it.