Just as Editor-in-Chief Barnabas Guffey expected, Rita Skeeter did not come back that day, so he decisively published the news about 'Ministry of Magic, Violent Law Enforcement', which was published in the Daily Prophet the next day. As expected, the newspapers were selling like hot cakes and making huge profits.
I have to say that the subject matter chosen by this editor is really exciting, especially the direct and crude naming content that makes people want to see what is going on.
Isn’t this the kind of article that ordinary wizards like to read the most?
They don't naturally have a good impression of the Ministry of Magic, especially when they see the highly conflicting term "violent law enforcement".
Public opinion was completely one-sided, with a room full of howling letters sent to the Ministry of Magic.
"Capture my people and I will make you pay the price."
Barnabas Guffey said bitterly, he seemed to have seen that when the Ministry of Magic finally gave in and released Rita Skeeter, the reputation of the Daily Prophet could be improved again.
But soon he stopped laughing
First, the naysaying editor-in-chief Xenophilius Lovegood stood up and publicly questioned the validity of the content of the Daily Prophet, and then severely criticized reporter Rita Skeeter. In fact, this is not bad, After all, when has there ever been a time when a naysayer didn’t come out to play devil’s advocate?
And although their newspapers have good sales and enough wizards buy them, most wizards don't take the content in it seriously, and just regard it as something to pass the boring time in their spare time. What they read is just a Fun.
In terms of credibility, the Daily Prophet is stronger.
After all, the Quibbler once published a story about Fudge having an army of goblins in the dark. No wizard with a normal IQ would think that Fudge had this ability.
There are many more articles like this.
Let alone adult wizards who don't take the content of the Quibbler seriously, even young wizards think the content of the Quibbler is extremely outrageous.
"do not worry about it."
Editor-in-Chief Barnabas Guffey was relatively calm at this time. It was normal to play devil's advocate. The feud between the two newspapers could be traced back to a hundred years ago.
"Huh, the Daily Prophet is not a third-rate newspaper about cats and dogs. I can use the stuff in those crappy newspapers to fertilize my garden."
He is very jealous of the sales volume of the Quibbler. It is said that today's sales volume is 130% of that of their Daily Prophet.
However, playing devil's advocate is just the beginning. It is the first shot in the fight against the Daily Prophet. Then Jerry, the teacher of "Dragonlance Chronicles" publicly denounced the Daily Prophet and reporter Rita Skeeter in a new book, saying that they Spreading false news and distorting facts caused him great trouble. Once the news came out, it triggered a huge response.
Maybe the naysayer's credibility is not as good as that of the Daily Prophet, but the influence of Mr. Jerry, the mysterious writer who continues to be the best-selling writer, is not small. As soon as he opened his mouth, those ardent fans brainlessly started sending howler letters to the Daily Prophet. Let them have a taste of the treatment of the Ministry of Magic.
"Mr. Barnabas, what should we do now?"
"Howling letters are everywhere! They are everywhere! They are about to explode!"
The staff of the Daily Prophet looked at the pile of shouting letters that filled the entire office, growing and threatening to 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 you will be affected by the roaring message of the explosion when passing by.
"Why are you panicking? It's just a shouting letter. It's not like I haven't seen it before."
Editor-in-chief Barnabas Guffey's face was so gloomy that he could drip ink. When had the Daily Prophet been treated like this?
"I'm going to find someone."
The Daily Prophet is a newspaper recognized by the Ministry of Magic, so naturally I have people I know in the Ministry.
As for the Daily Prophet's actions in criticizing Fudge and certain officials in the Ministry of Magic.
It's not like the Ministry of Magic has only one voice.
Unfortunately, before Editor-in-Chief Barnabas Guffey could win over someone, the situation there had changed again. The Witch and Poison Publishing House, which has been in the limelight recently, published a separate publication before the launch of the new generation of Wizard card series. A magic character card about Rita Skeeter, whose skill characteristics are false propaganda and distortion of facts, and a separate magic card from the Daily Prophet. It directly maxed out the taunt value, once again igniting public opinion. .
At this time, the Ministry of Magic, which should have stepped forward to stop the situation from deteriorating, remained strangely silent, as if they were completely unaware of the matter. The brainless readers of the Daily Prophet began to split within themselves. Many of them were fans of "Dragonlance Chronicles" and readers of the Daily Prophet, but they basically all had a common hobby, which was wizard cards. .
After this incident, the public opinion in the wizarding world was no longer one-sided and began to waver. After all, the Daily Prophet is a century-old newspaper with a certain fan base and its credibility is still there.
As a result, the matter became more and more troublesome, and eventually wizards throughout Europe paid attention to the matter, and more and more melon-eaters began to join the discussion.
Everyone is curious about the outcome of this matter.
"Sorry, Mr. Barnabas, I really can't do anything about this. How about you try your luck elsewhere?"
Editor-in-Chief Barnabas Guffey walked out of a house a little depressed. This was the seventh Ministry of Magic official he had released. He had received several rejections at the Ministry of Magic in a row. All the replies were like copy and paste. Unite.
When the Daily Prophet was at its peak, no official was polite when they saw him. Even Minister Fudge had to receive them politely.
Closed door?
If you dare to ignore him today, Barnabas Guffey, tomorrow he will make you lose your official position and slander you to step down.
What's going on now?
Editor-in-Chief Barnabas Guffey didn't know what exactly happened, but the unified template answers from Ministry of Magic officials now made him feel like he was in a huge whirlpool.
However, when the situation has developed to this point, the Daily Prophet is already in a difficult position. There are only two choices left for him, admit his mistake or fight to the end.
Admitting a mistake means that the Daily Prophet is wrong and has carried out false propaganda. Once this is done, the public will no longer believe in the content of the Daily Prophet. Not only will the sales plummet, but the support rate will also plummet.
For the future of the Daily Prophet, they must not admit their mistakes. Not only can they not admit their mistakes, they must also win this public opinion war bravely.
It doesn't matter what the facts are, nor which side is just. What matters is winning, and winning is justice.
And at this critical moment, the situation changed again
(End of chapter)
