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As the culprit, Rita Skeeter, who was selling newspapers, was in a good mood at this time dressing up her face, trying to smooth out the wrinkled areas with foundation. She had an important event tonight. date.

"Aren't you worried about getting yourself into trouble, Ms. Skeeter? I heard that Dursley is a very popular author, even more popular than the big liar Lockhart back then."

A man with a big belly came over and said, he is the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, Barnabas Guffey.

"I told you to call me Miss. I'm not married yet."

Rita Skeeter shrieked, nearly shattering the fat editor's eardrums.

"Yes, yes, Miss Skeeter." Barnabas Guffy dug his ears vigorously.

After hearing what Barnabas Guffey said, Rita Skeeter gave up and said in her characteristic tone: "Well, so what if it's redder than Lockhart? It's just a bad book writer, I don’t think he can compare with us when he writes the same thing. I really don’t know what’s so exciting. He will know the fate of offending the Daily Prophet and Mr. Guffey. I think this question should not be asked to me, but to you. Yes, you are the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, hum."

"Me? I have nothing to worry about." Barnabas Guffy shrugged: "My manuscripts are all the real information you gave me, and we are just speaking with facts."

From the point of view of the two, so what if the other party gets angry?Just like Rita Skeeter said, they are just stinky book writers, and they dare to show their faces to the Daily Prophet. Now they deserve it. As for Dudley’s threat. They haven’t seen such a big storm in the Daily Prophet, it’s different good?

With a sudden bump, the door of the news department was pushed open, and two male wizards in uniform walked in.

"Is Rita Skeeter here?"

Rita Skeeter looked at the two suspiciously: "I am you."

"Magic Law Enforcement Team, now someone is accusing you of maliciously fabricating facts, infringing portrait rights, reputation rights and other crimes. Many wizards have suffered because of your rumors, and have caused extremely bad influence in the magic world. This is a threat. The subpoena of Zengamo requires you to go to the Ministry of Magic to cooperate with the investigation." The two showed Rita Skeeter the identity of the Ministry of Magic, and showed the subpoena with the official seal.

In addition to the Auror office, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement also has a Magical Law Enforcement Team, and the two are strikers from the Magical Law Enforcement Team.

Aurors are responsible for arresting dark wizards, and strikers are responsible for arresting wizard criminals. The relationship between the two is similar to that of SWAT and police.

"Wait, you can't arrest me, I'm a reporter from the Daily Prophet!"

Rita Skeeter shouted loudly and did not want to leave with the two.

"You want to resist?" The two strikers immediately pulled out their wands and pointed at Rita Skeeter.

Attackers are generally not as good as Aurors, but in terms of experience in fighting criminals, Aurors are far behind them. Rita Skeeter did not cooperate immediately and was treated as an enemy intending to resist.

"Stop stiff legs!"

A spell hit Rita Skeeter, her legs immediately became extremely stiff, and she fell straight down.

"I'm going to sue you for violence! I'm going to sue you! Wait and see, you're going to lose your job!"

Rita Skeeter, who was on the ground, cursed the two of them like crazy, but the other side just glanced at her and added another curse.

"All petrochemical!"

Well, there is no need to shout now, not only the legs but the whole body are stiff in place.

When the two left with Rita Skeeter, a human face made of milky white powdery substance was printed on the ground, um, it was the face of Rita Skeeter.

"This"

It took a while for the editor-in-chief, Barnabas Guffey, to realize that he was looking in the direction in which several people were leaving with a puzzled expression on his face.

Are the people at the Ministry of Magic crazy?When did you have such courage?Dare to grab the pen of their Daily Prophet, isn't it afraid that tomorrow the angry wizards will send a whole room full of roaring letters?

Soon Barnabas Guffy's face was full of excitement, isn't it just right?Rita Skeeter had better not come back today, tomorrow the newspapers will be selling again.

He had already thought of the title—Ministry of Magic, Violent Law Enforcement!

Chapter 283 Chapter 281

As the editor-in-chief Barnabas Gufe expected, Rita Skeeter did not come back that day, so he decisively published the news about the 'Ministry of Magic, Violent Law Enforcement', and the next day the Daily Prophet Unsurprisingly, the newspapers were sold out again, earning a lot of money.

I have to say that the subject matter chosen by the editor-in-chief is really exciting, especially the direct, simple and rude content of the roll call makes people want to see what happened.

Isn't this the kind of article that ordinary wizards like to read the most?

They naturally don't have much favor with the Ministry of Magic, especially when they see the extremely conflicting vocabulary of violent law enforcement.

Public opinion was completely one-sided, with Howler letters to the Ministry of Magic almost filling a room.

"Those who caught me, I will make you pay the price."

Barnabas Guffe said bitterly, he seemed to have seen that the Ministry of Magic finally gave in and let Rita Skeeter back, and the Daily Prophet's reputation could be improved again.

But soon he stopped laughing

First, the editor-in-chief Xenophilius Lovegood, who was a naysayer, stood up and publicly questioned the authenticity and validity of the content of the Daily Prophet, and then severely criticized reporter Rita Skeeter. After all, when can you not come out and sing a different tune?

Moreover, although the sales of their newspapers are good and there are enough wizards to buy, most wizards will not take the content in it seriously, and only regard it as a novel to pass the boring time in their spare time. a joy.

In terms of credibility, their Daily Prophet is stronger.

After all, the Quibbler once published that Fudge had an army of goblins in the dark, but no wizard with a normal IQ would think that Fudge had this ability.

There are many more articles like this.

Not to mention that adult wizards don't take the anti-tune content seriously, even young wizards think the anti-tune content is extremely outrageous.

"do not worry about it."

The editor-in-chief Barnabas Guffe was still calm at this time, and the operation of singing voices was a normal phenomenon. The grievances between the two newspapers could be traced back to a hundred years ago.

"Well, the Daily Prophet isn't some kind of third-rate newspaper. I can fertilize my garden with stuff from those shitty papers."

He is quite jealous of the sales of the naysayers. It is said that today's sales are 130% of their Daily Prophet.

However, chit-chatting was just the beginning, and it belonged to the first shot against the Daily Prophet, followed by Mr. Jerry of "Dragonlance Chronicles" publicly condemning the Daily Prophet and reporter Rita Skeeter in his new book, saying that they Spreading false news and distorting the facts caused him a lot of trouble. Once the news came out, it caused a huge repercussions.

Perhaps the credibility of the naysayer is not as good as the Daily Prophet, but the mysterious writer Mr. Jerry, who has been the best-selling novel for two consecutive years, has a lot of influence. When he opened his mouth, those fanatical fans started sending crazy letters to the Daily Prophet. It also gave them a taste of the treatment of the Ministry of Magic.

"Mr. Barnabas, what shall we do now?"

"Howler letters are everywhere! Everywhere! It's about to explode!"

The staff of the Daily Prophet looked at the pile of roaring letters that filled the entire office, constantly expanding, and might explode at any time, with despair on their faces.

"We can't get out!"

The important thing is to block the way out, who knows if the roaring letter of the explosion will be affected when passing by.

"Why panic? It's just a mere yelling letter, and it's not like I haven't seen it before."

Editor-in-Chief Barnabas Guffy's face was so gloomy that ink dripped out. When did the Daily Prophet receive such treatment?

"I'm going to find someone."

The Daily Prophet is a newspaper recognized by the Ministry of Magic, so there are naturally people who know it in the Ministry of Magic.

As for the operation of the Daily Prophet against Fudge and certain officials of the Ministry of Magic

The Ministry of Magic had more than one voice.

It's a pity that before the editor-in-chief of Barnabas Guffe can shake people here, the situation there has undergone new changes. The Witch and Poison Publishing House, which has been in the limelight recently, published a separate book before the launch of the new generation of wizard card series. I published a magic character card about Rita Skeeter, whose skill characteristics are false propaganda and distorted facts, and a separate magic card from the Daily Prophet. It directly filled up the ridicule value, and once again exploded public opinion .

At this time, the Ministry of Magic, which was supposed to stand up and stop the situation from deteriorating, remained strangely silent, as if it didn't know about it at all.And those brainless readers of the Daily Prophet began to split. Many of them are fans of "Dragonlance Chronicle" and readers of the Daily Prophet, but they basically all have a common hobby, that is, the wizard card. .

After this trouble, the public opinion in the wizarding world is no longer one-sided, and has begun to waver. After all, the Daily Prophet is a century-old newspaper with a certain fan base and credibility.

The result of this is that the matter became more and more troublesome, and later attracted the attention of wizards from basically the whole of Europe, and more and more melon eaters began to join the discussion.

Everyone is curious how this will turn out.

"Sorry, Mr. Barnabas, I really can't do anything about it, why don't you try your luck elsewhere?"

Editor-in-Chief Barnabas Guffy walked out of a house a little depressed. This is the seventh official of the Ministry of Magic he has released. He has been rejected by the Ministry of Magic several times in a row. All the replies are like copy and paste. Unite.

When the Daily Prophet was in full swing, any official who saw him was not polite, even Minister Fudge had to receive them politely.

Closed door?

If you dare to ignore him today, Barnabas Guffey, tomorrow he will lose your official position, and you will be kicked out of office.

What the hell is going on now?

Editor-in-Chief Barnabas Guffy didn't know what happened, but now the unified template answers from the officials of the Ministry of Magic made him feel like he was in a huge vortex.

However, the situation has developed to such a point that the Daily Prophet is already on the verge of riding a tiger, leaving him with nothing more than two choices, admit his mistake or fight to the end.

Admitting a mistake means that the Daily Prophet is wrong. Once false propaganda is carried out, the public will no longer believe the content of the Daily Prophet. Not only will the sales plummet, but the support rate will also plummet.

For the future of the Prophet Daily, it is absolutely impossible to admit mistakes. Not only can they not admit mistakes, but they must bite the bullet and win this public opinion war.

It doesn't matter what the facts are, and it doesn't matter which side is just. The important thing is to win, and victory is justice.

But at this critical moment, the situation changed again

Chapter 284 Chapter 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.