Chapter 475 English Media

The second week after the wand test, Rita Skeeter's article about the Triwizard Tournament was finally published in the Daily Prophet.

Rather than reporting on the Tournament, this article was more of a promotion of Fish and an exaggerated description of Harry's personal life.

A large part of the first page of the newspaper was occupied by a photo of Fish, while the second page was a photo of Harry. As for Fleur and Krum, they were simply mentioned in the article, and there was no possibility of photos.

"Meow ha ha ha! Minerva, look! Fish is in the newspaper meow!"

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At breakfast, Fish held up the newly arrived Daily Prophet and jumped to Professor McGonagall's side, proudly showing her the photo in the newspaper.

"I saw it, Fish is really amazing." Professor McGonagall patted Fish's cat head and praised him.

"Pomona! Fish is in the newspaper, meow!"

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Although the cat head mark in the last article was related to Fish, Fish himself was not mentioned in the whole article, and there was not even a photo.

Fish had not seen the earlier report on the birth of Animagus, and the cat's name was not mentioned at that time, so to be precise, this was the first time Fish was in the newspaper.

Fish was very excited about the first time in the newspaper, and he looked for people to share the news.

As for the specific content of the report...

The cat didn't care.

But Harry Potter, who was in the newspaper at the same time, was different. He read the whole report carefully. Compared with the excitement and happiness shown by Fish, Harry felt a burning and uncomfortable sense of shame.

Because Rita Skeeter failed to interview Fish, the whole article was mostly described from Harry's perspective. However, Rita Skeeter added many words that Harry had never said, and the few remarks that Harry had made were also distorted by her.

After reading the whole article, Harry felt that he was like the protagonist in a tragic story, and at the same time, he had some dark thoughts - she wrote that the reason why Harry successfully registered was that he deliberately took advantage of Firth's innocence.

Of course, Skeeter did not miss the fact that he lost to Malfoy in a one-on-one duel, and questioned Harry's identity as a warrior, and used the same argument as Ron, thinking that Dumbledore was taking care of this famous student.

This made the Hogwarts students, who had originally calmed down a little, look coldly at Harry again. The badge that Malfoy had made quickly spread throughout the school, and Harry even saw students in Beauxbatons and Durmstrang wearing it.

If Rita Skeeter's writing said that Harry was a person with a miserable life, who liked to show off, then Firth was a little wizard with a miserable life, but almost perfect, and a good student who was well-known among the teachers and students of Hogwarts.

Because we were unable to interview Fish, the description of him in the article was all from the side comments of other people, including Harry - handsome, warm and generous, excellent in both character and learning, simple-minded, brave and witty, law-abiding...

Rita Skeeter seemed to want to attribute all the positive words in the world to Fish.

Although most of the comments were correct, and even many of them came from Harry himself, but... how could the word law-abiding not be applied to Fish? !

In addition, in this article, in addition to Fish and Harry, and Fleur and Krum who were mentioned briefly, Skeeter also mentioned Hermione, Fish's girlfriend.

However, Hermione did not receive preferential treatment because of her identity as Fish's girlfriend. She was described by Skeeter as a girl with deep scheming.

In Skeeter's article, Hermione's initial target was not Fish, but Harry, a more famous little wizard. Then, after discovering that Fish was better than the "unworthy" "Boy Who Lived", she turned to Fish, who was still a blank sheet of paper at the time, without hesitation, and flattered Professor McGonagall in private, thereby becoming Fish's girlfriend.

Harry guessed that these contents must have come from the mouths of the girls in Slytherin...

Although thinking this was a bit sorry for Hermione, and although the article belittled himself, Harry couldn't help but feel fortunate.

In addition to the idea of ​​"I'm not the only one who is so unlucky", the most important thing is that the report about Hermione diverted the attention of most girls, making Harry's situation a little better. Qiu Zhang didn't wear the badge, which might have something to do with this matter.

The day after the report was published, the three of them received a large number of letters. The letters that Fish received were all encouraging and encouraging, and there were also various small gifts...

Although the photo in the newspaper could not inherit Fish's natural affinity, his excellent appearance, his playful cat ears, and his miserable childhood were enough to make a large group of witches feel maternal.

Moreover, Fish in the photo was as cute as ever. His favorite thing to do was to cling to the edge of the photo, showing only the part above his eyes, blinking his big eyes and looking at the people outside the photo...Harry knew that many girls in Hogwarts would specially cut out Fish's photos and stick them on their bedside.

Harry received a mixed bag of letters, some cheering him up, some comforting him, and of course some accusing him of taking advantage of Fish, and some believing that Dumbledore shouldn't give him preferential treatment, but overall, Harry could barely accept them, at least they were much gentler than the sarcasm of Malfoy and others in the school...

Especially after Harry accidentally glanced at the letters Hermione received.

The letters Hermione received were all insults and curses against her, and someone even stuffed the pus of the Babo tuber in the envelope. If Fish hadn't smelled the smell, Hermione would have been fooled.

"Fish is starting to hate that fat aunt meow!"

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Seeing the attacks Hermione suffered because of Rita Skeeter's report, the cat couldn't help but frown.

"Brother Fish!"

Gabrielle, who had been accompanying her sister for the past two days, also ran over at this time. She hugged Fish and glared at Hermione, who had a good relationship with her before, with her big blue eyes, and shouted: "This bad woman is lying to you! She is not a good person!"

"Hermione is not a bad woman, meow!"

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Meow, who was already unhappy about this matter, pushed Gabrielle away, then jumped directly onto the chair, angrily defended his girlfriend, and took Harry with him.

"Fish just likes Hermione, so he didn't fall for her! It was you who were fooled by that reporter! Harry is not a sinister villain! The handwriting on that note is not Harry's at all!"

"Ahem..." Dumbledore, who was also eating breakfast in the Great Hall, cleared his throat, stood up and said: "Most of you have known Mr. Potter and Miss Granger for several years. You should all know what kind of people they are. You should have your own judgment on whether the content in the newspaper is true or false."

As the headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore's words are still authoritative. After listening to them, the students of Hogwarts fell into deep thought.

Dumbledore said to the cat who was still standing on the chair: "You should sit down too, Fish. There is no need to be angry about a news report. Wasn't I described as a 'rigid old lunatic' by Rita Skeeter?"

"But..." Fish retorted confidently: "Albus, you are indeed a little crazy. George and Fred said so too."

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The cat once again used the twins' words as an argument.

Dumbledore smiled and looked at the twins who were confused.

George and Fred: "..."

It's not a big problem. I'm used to it anyway.

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When I first read the book, I couldn't understand why so many people believed Rita Skeeter's report. Even Molly Weasley, an adult wizard who had known Hermione for many years, had a prejudice against Hermione because of her report.

Obviously, her husband had been fabricated by the other party before, but it was incredible that they still believed it.

But after watching the various operations of the British media and the public in recent years... this plot has suddenly become very credible.