Aiwen's original intention of setting up the newspaper was mainly to solve the cost of purchasing magic books and materials, but he also thought that when this happened, he would use the newspaper to fight against the Ministry of Magic in public opinion and make his own voice, without appearing too passive.
I have to admit that he thought too simply at the beginning, or in other words, he didn't think that Fudge and the Ministry of Magic would be so bottomless.
Controlling a newspaper and restricting what it publishes is normally illegal.
But the Minister of Magic does have this right, and relevant regulations are involved in the Wizarding Secrecy Act and the Law of War.
It's been a long time since something like this has happened, and it's obvious that doing so would give the impression of a tough dictator, but Fudge did it anyway, apparently mistaking it for a war, a battle between himself and Dumbledore's war.
"This is not the only trouble, Ivan, you should really read the "Daily Prophet"'s evaluation of you during this period." Lupine said, "They described you as a person under Dumbledore's protection, I don't know The sky is high and the earth is thick, little wizards who conduct all kinds of dangerous magic research, they even said that you are studying black magic, and found a lot of Slytherin students to prove this... "
"Oh, this is really interesting!" Ivan said, he was indeed studying black magic.
Lupine cited a few examples in the newspaper that Ivan was studying black magic. To be honest, most of them were relatively basic research. The correct answer is known in the book.
These chaotically fabricated reports are really unrealistic. In Ivan's view, it feels a bit contemptuous.
Although the other party may try their best to make Ivan think evil enough, but they directly pull him to the entry level of black magic...
Aiwen was wondering if he would announce some of his recent research results, would it directly upset the magic world, let them know what is real black magic research, and what is the real ignorance.
Don't talk nonsense if it's not based on facts, okay? !
"What else did they say?" Ivan asked.
"The main reason is that you are described as dangerous. In this way, your words are naturally not credible." Lupine continued, "Besides you, Harry is also the target of their reports. Unlike you, they are purely Making Harry a joke, they seem to think Harry is a dupe trying to get attention, always yelling about his scars hurting, defeating the Dark Lord when he was a baby, thinking he is a tragic big man Heroes or something, keep pretending to casually make mean comments about Harry."
"This sounds really bad, did Rita Skeeter write it?!"
"No, don't know why, she rarely posted any articles, but others have done well enough, they seem to find a draft report on the two of you from Assistant Rita Skeeter, use it as a basis, This is what she wanted to write..." Lupine said, "Harry has been very angry about this matter recently, but the angrier he is, the worse it is for him. There are many eyeliners in the school. Those Slytherin students We are closely watching Harry, Ron, and Hermione."
"Damn Slytherins!" said Sirius in disgust. "They're Death Eaters themselves."
"So, no one in the magic world knows the truth now?"
"Dumbledore told the truth, and that's the main reason why we're in this trouble now," said Lupine. "Despite Fudge's warnings, Dumbledore was at a special meeting of the Ministry of Magic and the International Confederation of Wizards. It was announced at the meeting, he gave a speech announcing that Voldemort was back, and after that the newspapers were full of reports about you, all of which were rumors, because he mentioned the two of you in the speech, so the above words .”
There was a short silence, the current situation is really bad, Aiwen is thinking about what to do, and the public opinion cannot continue to spread.
"They're desperately trying to discredit Dumbledore now!" Lupine went on, "he lost his position as President of the International Federation of Wizards last week because they thought he was too old to do what he wanted, but that's not true at all. After Dumbledore gave that speech, the wizards at the Ministry of Magic voted him out. They downgraded him, he was no longer Chief Wizard of the Wizengamot, and they were still talking about taking back his Sir Merlin Regimental Medal First Class."
"Stupid Fudge, it's all his fault, everyone knows he's afraid of Dumbledore, afraid of what he wants to do," said Sirius. at this point."
"Indeed, Fudge thinks Dumbledore is plotting to overthrow him, he thinks Dumbledore himself wants to be Minister of Magic." Lupine continued, "Driven by this crazy idea, he did so many crazy things .”
"But everyone knows that Dumbledore doesn't want to..."
"Of course he doesn't want to, and normal people know that." Sirius said, "He never thought of being a minister. When Millicent Bagnor retired, many people wanted him to take over the position of minister. But Dumbledore refused. , and supported Fudge to compete with Barty Crouch, and later Fudge took power, but he has never forgotten how many people supported Dumbledore, although Dumbledore never applied for this position."
"Deep in his heart, Fudge knew that Dumbledore was much wiser than him, and his spells were much more powerful than him. When he first became a minister, he asked Dumbledore for advice and help every day." Lupine Said, "But then he seemed to like power, and his confidence grew. He was obsessed with being Minister for Magic, and he convinced himself that he was the wise one, and that Dumbledore was just making a fuss about it."
"It's stupid, right lost his eyes!" Evan said, sighing.
In one sense, Fudge is actually pretty good, but when it comes to power, it's a whole different story.
It's ironic that their biggest threat right now is Voldemort, but their biggest troubles are Fudge and the Ministry of Magic.
"Having said that, this is also the main reason why Dumbledore warned us not to report that incident. Fudge has been staring at us. There will be no worse things from Dumbledore for the time being, but we are different!" Lupine Sighing, "If he finds evidence that we're against the Ministry of Magic, he might just put us all in Azkaban. That would be really bad, and that's what You-Know-Who wants to happen We have to proceed with caution..."