v4 Chapter 156： school newspaper

Tom felt that the joint petition was unreliable, because Hagrid could hardly be called a "popular" teacher. Even if it was Professor Grapland just today, the popularity of passers-by may be better than him. The magical animals he was looking for before were really hard to describe. Last semester's boring Frober caterpillars, this semester's disgusting fried tail snails...

Which of these can compare to unicorns?

So even if Harry goes to join the petition, there is a high probability that he can only get the support of Gryffindor boys. Don't think about Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff Academy will probably be on the sidelines.

Hearing Tom say this, the light in Harry's eyes dimmed again.

"Okay." He said angrily, he really couldn't think of where Hagrid's credit would go. His eyes turned to the faculty chair, where Hagrid's seat had been replaced by Professor Grapland, leaving Harry with an empty heart. And after seeing Snape's face on the bench, he remembered that he was going to Snape for Occlumency training in a few days. This made his mood worse.

Tom's answer disappointed Harry a little. Perhaps sensing Harry's state of mind, Hermione, who was sitting next to Tom, comforted Harry.

"Don't worry, Dumbledore accepts that he will definitely keep Hagrid. Those things didn't do anything to him before, and this kind of chasing things can't bring him down. But Hagrid should really pay attention, at least don't violate magic. Ministry of Law!"

Harry wanted to refute Hermione, but looking at Tom who was quietly eating lunch next to him, he shut his mouth rationally, and on second thought, he felt that what Hermione said was quite reasonable.

One of the charges that Rita charged Heggan was the use of magical beasts closely monitored by the Ministry of Magic's Department of Magical Creatures Management and Control. Thinking again that the first grade Hagrid got a three-headed dog and a fire dragon, the third grade got a hippogriff, and this year he brought a fried tail snail. If he didn't teach him a lesson, Harry would not dare to think about himself. What magical creatures will we face in the future.

Hagrid, you can have a snack! Harry groaned inwardly.

Tom slowly swallowed the food in his mouth at this time, turned his head and said to Hermione, "Hermione, do you think the influence of the Daily Prophet is too great?"

As the only mainstream newspaper in the British wizarding world, the Daily Prophet has a terrifying influence on British wizards. In the original world line, Fudge used the influence of newspapers to reverse the reputation of Harry and Dumbledore in one summer vacation, causing them a lot of trouble.

An article published in a newspaper can easily destroy a person, no matter whether the remarks in the newspaper are factual or not.

The influence of this newspaper is truly terrifying.

Hermione was stunned by Tom's question, but after thinking about it, she was shocked to find that the Daily Prophet had achieved a media monopoly.

This is the dream of European and American media giants in the non-magical world. In later generations, media giants such as Facebook, Bluebird, Google, and YouTube have joined forces to block even the current president of the United States. The Daily Prophet is the only one that exists! The influence is comparable to the sum of these media giants.

This is a sharp and dangerous knife.

Hermione frowned and asked uncertainly, "The Daily Prophet, whose property, or which family's property is it?"

She hadn't thought about it before. After being mentioned by Tom, she was shocked to find that she knew nothing about it. She was only used to buying a copy of the Daily Prophet from the owl for a nut, but she never explored the ownership of the Daily Prophet. All she knew was that the Daily Prophet was headquartered in London and had the same editors, reporters and photographers as Muggle newspapers. But who is the owner of this newspaper?

"It should be the property of the Ministry of Magic." Tom knew that the Ministry of Magic had a public information office, probably the one that managed the Daily Prophet.

Hermione tilted her head, feeling that what Tom said was quite reasonable.

She sighed: "Listening to what you said, the influence of the Daily Prophet is indeed too great."

"Yeah," Harry echoed, "that old woman Rita can ruin a person's reputation with just one article..."

"But we are not helpless." Tom suddenly had an idea, "Hermione, did you have a school newspaper when you were in London?"

Harry and Hermione frowned. They searched their minds for a while, and finally remembered that their elementary school had a school newspaper? Issued once a semester, students take it home during winter and summer vacations—often to pad the desk or send it to the waste paper pile.

"We can also run a school newspaper or something, at least have the right to speak in Hogwarts - the high ground of public opinion, if you don't occupy it, it will be occupied by hostile forces." Tom poured himself a bowl of chicken soup, As a final addition to a meal.

Hermione frowned again. She had a hunch that Tom was going to be the hands-off shopkeeper again.

It seems to be Tom's routine to come up with an idea and then give it to others to implement.

"Why do we have a school newspaper?" Harry still didn't understand. It's not his fault. He, a teenager who left the non-magical world to go to Hogwarts at the age of eleven, really doesn't understand this Tom and Hermione understand this is different.

Faced with Harry's doubts, Tom followed suit: "You think, if we have a regular school newspaper, then when Rita Skeeter slanders Hagrid again, don't we have a way to fight back? Will you be beaten passively like you are now?"

Harry:!

"Talking back ten thousand steps, it's easier to collect petition signatures, right? Because we can let everyone know what kind of person Hagrid is."

Harry mulled over Tom's proposal carefully, and found that it was very reasonable, and he was a little moved at this moment.

Hermione covered her forehead: Tom really made Tom a coolie!

Harry didn't notice Hermione's little gestures, all his attention was now on the school newspaper.

"The problem is that I don't have any experience running a newspaper...I don't think anyone at Hogwarts has that kind of experience, right?" Harry thought for a while, and found that, as a layman in the media industry, he didn't even know how to start.

Speaking of the experience of running a newspaper, Hermione's mind faintly came up with a name.

Didn't Ravenclaw have a school girl, and the family was engaged in magazine publishing? Her name is Luna Lovegood, and the magazine at home seems to be called... The Quibbler?

"I think you might be able to meet a Ravenclaw schoolgirl." Tom introduced Luna to Harry. "If you want to run a newspaper, she will definitely be able to help a lot."

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