Chapter 812: Stupid Fudge
Aven's original intention of setting up the newspaper was mainly to solve his own expenses for buying 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 heard, so as not to appear too passive. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
I have to admit that he thought it was too simple, or rather, he didn't expect Fudge and the Ministry of Magic to be so bottomless.
It is normal to impose controls on a newspaper and restrict the content it publishes, which is normally illegal.
But the Minister of Magic does have this right, and there are regulations in both the Wizarding Secrecy Act and the Law of War.
It hadn't happened in a long time, and it was obvious that doing so would give the impression of a tough dictator, but Fudge did it, apparently mistaking it for a war, a war between him and Dumbledore.
"That's not all there is to it, Aven, you should really look at what the Daily Prophet has to say about you during this period. "They describe you as a little wizard under Dumbledore's protection, who doesn't know how high the sky is, and who studies all kinds of dangerous magic, and they even say that you are studying the dark arts, and they have a lot of Slytherin students to prove it......"
"Oh, that's interesting!" said Aven, who was indeed studying the dark arts.
Lupin gave a few examples of Evan studying the dark arts in the newspaper, and to be honest, most of them were relatively basic research, and there were many things that Evan didn't need to study at all, and knew the correct answer directly from Tom Riddle's diary or dark arts books.
These chaotic and fabricated reports are really unrealistic, and in Aiwen's opinion, it feels a bit contemptuous.
Although the other party may have tried his best to think of Evan as evil enough, they directly pulled him to the entry level of the dark arts......
Evan wondered if if he would make a fuss in the wizarding world if he published some of his recent research results, letting them know what was really dark arts research and what was really unknowing.
If there is no factual basis, don't talk nonsense, okay?!
"What else did they say?" asked Aven.
"The main thing is to describe you as dangerous, so that your words will not be trusted. Lupin continued, "In addition to you, Harry is also the subject of their report, unlike you, they purely joke about Harry, they seem to think that Harry is a fooled person who does everything possible to get people's attention, always shouting about scars, defeating the Dark Lord as a baby, thinking that he is a tragic hero or something, and constantly pretending to say a few poisonous comments about Harry. ”
"These do sound terrible, did Rita Skeeter write them?!"
"No, I don't know why, she didn't post any articles in her rare way, but the others have done a good enough job and they seem to have found a draft of the report on the two of you from Assistant Rita Skeeter and used it as a basis for what she wanted to write...... "Harry has been so angry about this lately, but the more angry he is, the worse it is for him, there is a lot of eyeliner in the school, and those Slytherin students are keeping an eye on Harry, Ron, and Hermione." ”
"Damn Slytherin!" Sirius said in disgust, "they're Death Eaters themselves. ”
"So, no one in the wizarding world knows the truth now?"
"Dumbledore told the truth, which is the main reason why we are in such a troubled situation now. "Despite Fudge's warnings, Dumbledore made the announcement at a special meeting of the Ministry of Magic and the International Confederation of Wizards, where he made a speech announcing Voldemort's return, and then the newspapers were full of reports about you, all rumors, because he spoke about the two of you." ”
There was a short silence, the current situation is indeed very bad, and Evan is thinking about what to do, not allowing public opinion to continue to spread.
"They are now desperately trying to discredit Dumbledore!" Lupin continued, "He lost his position as president of the International Federation of Wizards last week because they thought he was too old to be able to do it, but that was not true at all, and after Dumbledore's speech, the wizards of the Ministry of Magic voted him out of the election. They demoted him, he was no longer the chief magician of the Wizengamot, and they were still discussing taking back his Order of Merlin, 1st class. ”
"Stupid Fudge, it's all about him, everyone knows he's scared of Dumbledore, scared of what he wants to do. Sirius said, "He did everything in his power to maintain his position and dominance, and Voldemort and the Death Eaters were taking advantage of that." ”
Indeed, Fudge believed that Dumbledore was plotting to overthrow him, and he believed that Dumbledore himself wanted to be Minister of Magic. Lupin followed, "Driven by this crazy idea, he's done so many crazy things. ”
"But everyone knows Dumbledore doesn't want to ......"
"Of course he doesn't want to, normal people know it. Sirius said, "He never wanted to be a minister, and when Mirisenbagno retired, many wanted him to take over." However, Dumbledore refused, and supported Fudge's rivalry with Barty Crouch, and Fudge later took power, but he never forgot how many people supported Dumbledore, although Dumbledore never applied for the position. ”
"Deep down, Fudge knew that Dumbledore was much wiser than he was, and his spells were much more powerful than him. When he first became a minister, he also asked Dumbledore for advice and help twice a day. "But then he seemed to like power and his confidence grew." He was obsessed with what it was like to be Minister of Magic, and he convinced himself that he was the wisest man and that Dumbledore was only deliberately causing trouble for it. ”
"What a stupidity, the right lost his eyes!" Evan said, sighing.
In a sense, Fudge is actually pretty good, but when it comes to rights, it's a whole different story.
Their biggest threat at the moment is Voldemort, but the biggest trouble is Fudge and the Ministry of Magic, which is ironic.
"Then again, that's the main reason why Dumbledore told us not to report on it, Fudge has been keeping an eye on us, and Dumbledore can't do anything worse for the time being, but we're different!" Lupin sighed, "If he finds evidence that we're against the Ministry, he'll probably just put us in Azkaban." If that would be too bad, that's exactly what the mystery man wants, and we have to be careful......"