Chapter 413 The Way of a Person

As soon as Christmas passed, it was New Year's Eve. After the students said a few hellos to each other, classes resumed at Hogwarts. February 24th suddenly seemed much closer.

The grounds were still covered with thick snow, and condensation formed on the castle windows. In such weather, everyone wanted to stay indoors in the warmth.

In the twilight cabin, Ada sat by the fireplace, holding today's "Daily Prophet" in her hand. There was an article on it, along with a photo of Hagrid looking sneaky.

Another Rita Skeeter exclusive. In this article, Rita Skeeter describes Dumbledore as an old fool and an old lunatic who hired the vicious Alastor Moody. Recruited half-giant Rubeus Hagrid.

Exaggerating and telling lies are the characteristics of Rita Skeeter, although she always knows many unknown secrets, such as the fact that Hagrid is a half-giant.

This crazy woman described Hagrid as a cruel and violent man who abused his power, causing many students to be injured and disabled.

This is pure fiction!

Although Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class often includes some "scary" animals, since he became the professor of this course, only Draco Malfoy has been injured, and it was Malfoy himself.

No one with a brain should believe it. If the facts were as Rita Skeeter said, and several students were left with disabilities, this matter would have been a big deal long ago, and it would be impossible to cover it up.

If it is normal for Rita Skeeter to know that some students have been injured, and she made it up through interviews with students, then the fact that she knows that Hagrid is a half-giant is a bit scary to think about. .

Among the students at Hogwarts, only Ada, Fred, and George knew that Hagrid was a hybrid giant, and the three of them also guessed based on Hagrid's body shape without any solid evidence.

But Rita Skeeter said that Hagrid admitted this personally, and even accurately stated the name of Hagrid's giant mother - Friedvarfa.

Knock on the blackboard and highlight the important points. How could Hagrid tell Rita Skeeter that he was a half-giant? He didn't even tell Harry. So, how did this woman Rita Skeeter know?

In addition, after the first report on the Triwizard Tournament, Dumbledore banned Rita Skeeter from entering Hogwarts. Where did these so-called interviews come from?

Seeing that Rita Skeeter had no professional ethics and no bottom line as a human being, Ada felt that the revenge she was about to launch might be too light.

In the school, people were talking a lot about the article in the Daily Prophet. Many people knew that the content was untrue, but few people stood up and spoke. There is nothing wrong with hanging up on things that have nothing to do with you.

Grapeplan temporarily returned to Hogwarts to teach Care of Magical Creatures in Hagrid's place. Hagrid needed to avoid the limelight, and he really wasn't in the mood to teach students right now.

Outside the school, a group of idiots really took Rita Skeeter's report as true and clamored for Hagrid to be severely punished. Some even shouted for Dumbledore to get out of Hogwarts.

I have to say that this big brother is really courageous. Ada estimates that this man may have been instructed by Fudge.

This incident took up the spotlight during the first week of school, and no one saw Hagrid for the entire week. He was not seen at the staff table at mealtimes, nor was he seen performing his duties as a gamekeeper on the grounds.

Hagrid just stayed in his hut, silently enduring the injustice brought to him by the world.

The incident has almost reached its climax, and a group of fools regard Rita Skeeter as a messenger of justice and a person who speaks out for justice.

At this time, a serialized article suddenly appeared in major magazines and newspapers, titled "My Years as a Journalist."

As the name suggests, this article will be about the career of a journalist. The story is told in the first person, and who the "journalist" is is never revealed from beginning to end.

The article begins with a young reporter who has just entered the industry and is working hard. This young reporter was refused an interview, his report was not taken seriously, and no one even wanted to read the true content he wrote.

The mentality of the young reporter who could not make ends meet began to change. He no longer spoke out for justice and no longer reported the true content. As a result, the fake news made him famous and gained loyal readers, which gave him a taste of the sweetness.

The first article ends abruptly, leaving readers with unfinished ideas. Soon, a second article appeared in the public eye, still without naming the reporter’s real name.

After the transformation, the reporter gained both fame and fortune. From being ignored and ignored at the beginning, he became very popular and became a special correspondent for the best-selling newspaper.

This reporter used his unique interview method to obtain a lot of first-hand information that no one knew about. No one has seen these contents before, so there is no way to distinguish the authenticity.

In order to make his reports more marketable, this reporter can be said to have used all possible means, including making things out of thin air, exaggerating, and spreading rumors.

Various previous experiences told this reporter that readers do not care whether the report is true or not. As long as the content is exciting enough, it is a good report and he is a good reporter.

In the second article in the series, the reporter talked about some of the content he had reported and analyzed what methods he used to make his reports popular.

It can be called a teaching guide for unscrupulous journalists.

After reading these two reports, readers began to wonder who this reporter was. At the same time, readers also want to know what kind of interview method this reporter used to get so many unknown "truths."

But sadly, these readers are unaware of their own problems. The reason why this journalist with no professional qualities or ethics is popular is precisely because of these readers.

Explore the dark side of readers' hearts and show them the content they like. It has nothing to do with reality, as long as it is exciting enough, even if it is fake or fictitious.

This is the hateful side of human beings, and I hope your life is not as good as mine. The reporter’s conflagration vividly demonstrated the ugliness of human nature.

The third and final article in the series also did not name the reporter, but did state the reporter's interview method - Animagus.

This reporter is an Animagus, an illegal Animagus who is not registered with the Ministry of Magic. He can transform into a very small flying insect, so that even if he is seen, he will not be noticed.

Use this eavesdropping method to record the unknown truth for reporting. However, I am afraid that few people want to know these truths, and they will not attract too much attention. So what should we do?

To exaggerate the facts, it is obvious that only one student was slightly injured in an accident, so it is said that the teacher intentionally hurt the student; if only one student was injured not seriously enough, then it is replaced by several students, and the minor injury is said to be a disability.

When conflicts come and explosive moments come, readers will naturally come.

As I write this, these three serialized articles are finished in a hurry, just like life, they always end hastily.

But readers all know who the "reporter" in the article is, isn't it Rita Skeeter!

She had just reported on the half-blood giant professor at Hogwarts, saying that this professor was so ferocious and cruel that several students were left disabled.

However, you must know that when God spreads wisdom to the world, some people hold up umbrellas. Some people denounced Rita Skeeter and hoped that she would come out and give an explanation. Some people defended Rita Skeeter and supported her unwaveringly.

What is Rita Skeeter doing at this time?

Tangled up in lawsuits and exhausted, Rita Skeeter sat in the dock, and many people she had "interviewed" united to sue her to the Ministry of Magic.

Illegal Animagus, defamation, maliciously spreading rumors to slander others, false reporting, etc. At the same time, she also faces huge claims for mental damages, reputational damage, etc.

Now Rita Skeeter doesn't care about the opinions of the magical people at all. She first wants to prevent herself from being sent to Azkaban.

Use Rita Skeeter's most familiar method to release her dirty information, and then unite with Rita Skeeter's victims to report them to the Ministry of Magic, treating them the same way they treat others.

At this time, Rita Skeeter had no regrets. She didn't even think she had done anything wrong. She just wanted to make money and reveal the "truth" by the way. Where was she wrong? She was right!

Rather than repenting and admitting her guilt, Rita Skeeter wanted to know who she had offended to be punished like this!

Of course this person is Ada, the one who will retaliate against evil. As soon as the report about the Triwizard Tournament came out, Ada contacted Daniel and Sergey and asked them to lead people to dig up dirty information about Rita Skeeter.

Huangtian paid off. After several months of visits and investigations, Daniel and Sergey collected a large amount of black information and found many victims.

Leave professional matters to professionals. Daniel and Sergey are professionals in collecting intelligence, but they cannot do it with pens. Fortunately, colleagues are enemies, so it is easy to find someone who is willing to write and break the news.

The price was agreed upon, and three articles were published. At the same time, Daniel took these victims to appeal, a two-pronged approach.

At this time in Hogwarts, the focus of the students naturally shifted from the hybrid giant Hagrid to the unscrupulous reporter Rita Skeeter, denounced his various misdeeds.

But just a while ago, many students couldn't put it down for Rita Skeeter's article!