Hogwarts: I'm Cousin Harry

Chapter 284 282. Who Reads the Daily Prophet?
A little-known newspaper—Poisons and Cure Daily—was born.

This newspaper claimed to have first-hand information about the Triwizard Tournament, and it was officially authorized by the government.

Then the Witch and Poison Publishing House, Mr. Jerry, together with many writers and masters recommended this newspaper to their book friends and fans. Not only that, many directors and senior officials of the Ministry of Magic expressed that the content of this newspaper is true reliable
A blatant public platform.

After such a set of propaganda offensive, many wizards who seek the truth have bought the Poison and Antidote Daily, so as to understand what happened.
This made the Daily Prophet smell danger, but unfortunately they are now too busy to take care of themselves. A notice of indictment from the Wizengamot shattered the last hope of editor-in-chief Barnabas Guffey.

The Ministry of Magic accused the Daily Prophet of maliciously fabricating false information about the Triwizard struggle without authorization and making reports on it, which caused very bad influence.At the same time, Rita Skeeter, a reporter from the Daily Prophet, has fabricated false information many times, causing serious damage to the rights and interests of many wizards. Two cases will go to trial next monday
Punishment for several crimes. Once convicted, Rita Skeeter will not only face a simple rumor, but at the very least will face Azkaban's imprisonment package. Maybe she will see him in prison. And maybe Lockhart, another former celebrity.

As for the Daily Prophet, although it will not be closed, it is certain that due to improper supervision, it needs to bear the corresponding joint and several liabilities and pay a large amount of galleons in order to ask for forgiveness.

"I am innocent, I did not fabricate false information! You have no evidence!"

Rita Skeeter protested loudly in Wizengamot court on Monday that this was her only chance to not be convicted.

In the face of Rita Skeeter's protest, the plaintiff's representative from the Ministry of Magic just took out a quill: "Ms. Rita Skeeter, do you remember this shorthand quill? It is the one you often use the one, you should have used it to record a lot"

"By the way, do you need to see this?"

The plaintiff's representative of the Ministry of Magic produced another piece of evidence, not only the picture but also the sound. It is the scene where Rita Skeeter made up the content
How can it be? !
Can even take out this kind of thing?

Rita Skeeter's eyes widened like a toad in heat.

"This is just one of the pieces of evidence we have."

The plaintiff's representative from the Ministry of Magic walked up to Rita Skeeter, and a soft, whispering voice reached her ears.

"Ms. Ladybug, an illegal Animagus, I still have your transformed image here."

'boom'

Rita Skeeter only felt her brain spinning, and her body fell limply on the chair without any strength.

This is my biggest secret, and it was discovered by someone
She knew she was screwed.

Not to mention the charges of maliciously fabricating and spreading false information, just one illegal Animagus is enough for her to drink a pot.

Out of the corner of his eye, he inadvertently saw a member sitting in the trial seat.

A tall, familiar figure.

It was Dudley, who was wearing the Wizengamot costume, looking down at Rita Skeeter with a half-smile.

That look said 'I said we'd meet on the Wizengamot, Ms. Rita Skeeter'.

The next thing is much simpler. Because of the trial of the Wizengamot, the Daily Prophet can only be forced to suspend the update. As a result, the approval rate has plummeted, and the image of the Daily Prophet in the minds of many wizards has also collapsed. room
Poison and Antidote Daily seized this opportunity perfectly. Taking advantage of the fact that the Daily Prophet was no longer crazily grabbing its market share, it only took a few days to cooperate with the two major killers, the wizard card skills and Mr. Jerry’s new book serialization. time to reach the usual sales volume of the Daily Prophet
It won't be long before it takes the place of the Daily Prophet.

Soon, Rita Skeeter's sentence came down. Not surprisingly, she faced a ten-year prison package in Azkaban and had to compensate the spiritual losses of those wizards who had been maliciously slandered by her. The property will be auctioned off to pay off debts.

If she hadn't been insanely sucked by the dementors in Azkaban, she could still be released from prison ten years later.

In fact, if someone analyzes these things one by one, they will be able to find that there is a pair of invisible big hands manipulating everything. The matter is getting bigger and bigger step by step, and the attention is pushed to the peak——

This is an obvious act of building momentum
One slap killed Rita Skeeter, disabled the Daily Prophet, and made the Daily Poison and Cure famous.

In today's European wizarding world, who dares to say that they don't know the Daily Poisons and Cure?

After this incident, although the Prophet Daily did not say that it would not be able to recover, it was also severely damaged. Once credibility and public support are lost, it will not only take a long time, but also a thousand times to get them back. hard work.

Serious people who read the Daily Prophet have become the most popular sentence at the moment.

Those who play with public opinion will be backlashed sooner or later.

For Dudley who was studying at Hogwarts, this incident was just a very small episode.

He has never put Rita Skeeter in his eyes. All he wants is the Daily Prophet. It is too easy to deal with a reporter who likes to spread rumors. He didn't even do it this time, but only revealed some information , those wizards who had been slandered by her took the initiative to unite and hold her to death.
Things like newspapers that reflect and guide public opinion must be firmly in their own hands.

If the Daily Prophet didn't take the initiative to jump out and die, it would be annexed sooner or later. It was originally a part of Dudley's plan, and Rita Skeeter's behavior only accelerated the whole process.

The first match of the Triwizard Tournament is still a week away.

The three school warriors knew nothing about the content of the comparison test, so they were naturally unprepared.

But don't worry, cheating is a habit handed down from ancient times in the Triwizard Tournament.

Karkaroff and Ms. Maxime use their connections as hard as they can to obtain the test questions for the first contest and reveal them to their hero.

On the Hogwarts side, Hagrid told them the content, or telling was not an appropriate word, and he directly brought them to a live broadcast.

The content of the first exam of the Triwizard Tournament is—dragon.

Each of the four huge iron cages housed an adult dragon.

(End of this chapter)