Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 281, Page 279. The Daily Prophet: The Hogwarts Champions' Unspeakable Secret

Seeing that Ollivander had finished his work, Bagman cleared his throat, his face beaming with excitement: "Now that we've checked the wands, we're about to move on to the last task of the day, which is also the most important one."

His tone rose a few decibels.

"group photo!"

"Where's Ms. Rita? Please invite her up here so we can take her picture."

Bagman said to the Ministry of Magic staff member next to him, "Let's take a group photo of the referees and the champions. I think that would be a great publicity highlight."

"Mr. Bagman, Ms. Rita has left."

"What?"

Everyone else, including the two headmasters, was taken aback, but Dumbledore and Lucius were not surprised.

"I don't think the Daily Prophet can report the Three Kingdoms battle truthfully because Ms. Rita always likes to add some... well... her own fictional elements to her articles."

Dudley glanced at Dumbledore as he spoke: "I think Professor Dumbledore has a deep understanding of this, for example, from that article about the International Confederation of Wizards."

"That article was absolutely brilliant." Dumbledore maintained his usual smile. "I especially loved the part about how I was portrayed as a rigid, old madman."

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Having heard Dumbledore say this, Bagman couldn't very well have someone bring Rita Skeeter back, as that would offend Dumbledore.

He says he loves reading, but can you really believe he loves reading?

And he offended more than one person.

As the Director of the Department of Magic, Bagman knew more than others. Another Hogwarts champion, Mr. Dursley, was the youngest member of the Wizengamots. Because he disliked being high-profile, not many people knew about him except for those within the Ministry of Magic, and he did not publicize it extensively.

In a sense, he and Dudley were colleagues.

"But we need someone to take pictures."

As if he had expected this, Dali continued, "I've booked a dissenting reporter for the publicity."

In terms of audience reach alone, those who sing dissent are far more popular than the Daily Prophet, and hiring them for publicity would definitely be more effective than hiring the Daily Prophet.

The Daily Prophet often criticizes those who sing dissent as madness, but aren't they themselves just as crazy?

Even someone like Rita Skeeter, who talks nonsense all the time, can become a top journalist.

Excluding a few mindless fools who blindly believe the Daily Prophet's contents, many people actually know that her articles are largely unreliable, but they feel that their friends and family believe the Daily Prophet is true, so they don't feel comfortable expressing any different opinions.

"If Mr. Bagman is not satisfied with this, the Daily Poisons and Antidotes would be happy to do the same for you, by publishing a special interview with the Ministry of Magic, how about that?"

"A Daily Report on Poisons and Antidotes?"

"Published by Witches & Poisons Publishing House."

Bagman was immediately drawn to Dudley's words. If you were to ask what was most popular among young people in the entire European magical world right now, it would undoubtedly be the wizarding cards and novels published by Witch & Poison Publishing.

"Are they planning to launch their own newspaper?"

"Yes, besides some news, there's a new novel section with ongoing updates on Dragonlance Chronicles Part 2, as well as Wizarding Card game tips and character explanations. By the way, do you like Wizarding Cards?"

"Who doesn't? Everyone loves Wizard cards."

Bagman has now completely forgotten about the Daily Prophet and is preoccupied with the interview.

"I don't really care about this, Mr. Lucius, what do you think?"

As a seasoned veteran, Bagman decisively passed the problem on to someone else.

Lucius spoke slowly and deliberately in his distinctive tone, looking at Dudley with a meaningful gaze: "Supporting emerging industries is what the Ministry of Magic should do, and I am happy to entrust the Daily Poisons and Antidotes with full responsibility for the content regarding the Triwizard Tournament."

Dudley responded with a profound statement.

"Excellent, Mr. Lucius. I extend my greetings to you on behalf of Mr. Carlo. It's a pleasure doing business with you."

"It's a pleasure working with you."

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Hogwarts, breakfast time.

"That's outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!!!"

A furious roar erupted, startling the young wizards so much they nearly dropped their spoons. Hermione strode in, carrying today's Daily Prophet. The young wizards along the way, intimidated by the "Angry Lioness of Gryffindor," readily made way for her.

"Snapped!"

Hermione walked up to the disciplinary team, angrily slammed the newspaper on the table, her chest heaving. She had never hated anyone so much before.

"How could she fabricate such false information out of thin air?"

"How could she spout such nonsense! Doesn't she know she has to take responsibility for what she writes?"

"I'm so angry!!!"

On the largest page of the Daily Prophet, three headlines were prominently displayed in bold, large font.

"A rude and vulgar boy."

"Shocking! A love triangle between the Warriors."

"The unspeakable secrets of the Hogwarts heroes."

The first headline is basically a smear campaign against Dudley, using some very outrageous vocabulary to criticize him and portray him as a bad guy.

The second title is rather melodramatic, saying that the Dursleys and Potters finally met their first love at Hogwarts and became inseparable from a girl named Hermione Granger. Yes, the two brothers both fell in love with the stunningly beautiful Miss Granger. In short, it's a love triangle with a lot of melodramatic plot twists.

The content of the third title is rather outrageous. It says that the eccentric old madman Dumbledore was bewitched by the schemer Dursley into setting up many strange organizations at Hogwarts, turning the entire school into chaos, and that Dursley was planning an even bigger conspiracy in the future.

Yes, there are indeed some issues with the details of the absurd process, but perhaps she is right.

Although the newspaper quoted about the Triwizard Tournament, it didn't mention what the Triwizard Tournament was. In fact, it only mentioned two Hogwarts champions, Dudley and Harry, with particular emphasis on Dudley, while Beauxbatons and Durmstrang were only mentioned in passing.

If you are a reader, you might not even know who the warriors from these two schools are.

The newspaper's content is filled with subjective and ambiguous words such as "maybe," "perhaps," and so on, rarely containing definitive words. Rather than speaking with facts, it is more of a collection of outrageous speculations. It can be said that it starts with a name, and the content is all made up.

Rita Skeeter has always done this, and even when she publicly dissed Fudge, the Ministry of Magic couldn't do anything about it.

You can't completely prevent others from having normal speculations, can you?

Do you have something to hide?

If there's nothing fishy, ​​why are you in such a hurry to cover everyone's mouths?

That's how Rita Skeeter became famous.

(End of this chapter)