Fudge and the Daily Prophet

[silver_owl_01]

No: HPFGUIDX 85078

I just reread GoF and I noticed something a little odd. 

How come Fudge is able to force the Daily Prophet to change it's
editorial line to attack Harry and Dumbledore in OotP but he can't
stop them from taring him and the MoM a new one over the Quiddich Cup
debacle? I seriously doubt Rita is the only reporter that likes to
embarass the MoM so, why the change in attitude? Rita Skeeter kept
going after them and Fudge seemed very frustrated about not being able
to do anything about it. But in OotP he has them fall in line. Did he
had the power to this all along and just needed to grow a backbone to
use it, or did he changed the laws to give him that power?

Does anybody have any theory about this? I just doesn't seem to make
sense to me.

Silver Owl