Just as Dolores Umbridge had expected, that report in The Quibbler was very well done, and it really did cause many people's impression of Cornelius Fudge to undergo a major "change."
The most obvious change was that the Howlers that should originally have been intercepted in great numbers all became "fish that slipped through the net" this time, pouring straight into the Minister's Office all at once;
Even after The Daily Prophet published reports about reopening the trial of Sirius Black's related case, huge numbers of Howlers were still mailed to Cornelius Fudge.
For this to happen showed that the public's patience with Cornelius Fudge's various mistaken decisions, as well as his abuse of authority, had nearly reached its limit.
As the incident continued to ferment, all kinds of negative news about Cornelius Fudge also grew more and more numerous;
Even if some so-called negative news was only a very minor matter, during this special period it was constantly magnified, giving rise to all sorts of related negative interpretations.
The spread of such negative interpretations no longer applied only to negative news; even positive news could be reinterpreted in an entirely new way through this method;
Recently, the most common negative interpretation was about Cornelius Fudge mobilizing the power of the Ministry of Magic and investing it in the construction of the "Quidditch World Cup";
Quite a few people now felt that Cornelius Fudge was preparing a way out for himself;
Once the matter of Sirius Black came to light, he could use the hosting of the "Quidditch World Cup" as a reason to stay in the position of Minister of Magic for a few more years.
In truth, these negative interpretations could all be considered the results of certain people with ulterior motives "digging up old accounts";
They dug