[HPforGrownups] Daily Prophet's sudden change of heart

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estrom2000 wrote:


> But right after Voldemort's return the DP suddenly becomes a MoM
> echo, which writes only what Fudge approves of (as Hermione and Rita
> Skeeter agree (OOTP, ch. 25, p. 567)), and not even Dumbledore's
> speech at the International Wizengamot about Voldemort's return (even
> more sensational than the death mark and bodies in the forest and
> certainly coming from a more reliable source) nor the defection of
> dementors from Azkaban (a similarly sensational and quite confirmed
> fact) causes the DP to print a single word of criticism.
> I wonder how Fudge has suddenly managed to get such a total control
> over it, and, if it were quite easy to do, why hadn't he done it
> before?
> 
> Nellie.
> 

I have been wondering who the Editor of the Daily Prophet is, and why we 
have not met him/her yet. What kind of power does Fudge have over them, 
that MOM can send copy direct to the DP (ie Percy staight from 
Dumbledore's office) and expect to have it printed in the next edition?
It seems the DP is nothing but a mouthpiece for the MOM.
It is a powerful tool for Fudge.  Buying the press does not come cheap. 
Do I detect the hand and gold of Lucius Malfoy in this? hmmmmmmmmmmm......


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