As she read on, Hermione began to feel that something was off.
The article's author was perhaps one of Fudge's opponents. At first, he had been praising Vaughan, but later he began using Vaughan's speeches and measures to take veiled jabs at the Ministry of Magic.
Sure enough, whenever there was major news, all sorts of oddballs crawled out of the woodwork!
Hermione flipped through the paper and saw that the writer was named John Smith, probably because he was afraid of Fudge's retaliation.
Further on, there were still related reports.
Today's Daily Prophet seemed to have opened a special feature specifically for Vaughan and WAC.
Every word Vaughan had said and every measure taken at WAC's internal meetings had been subjected to extensive analysis by the writers, vividly displaying the media's relentless pursuit of the prevailing trend.
For example, on page four, several anonymous socially active figures serving as joint lead writers had given a lengthy reconstruction and analysis of the internal meeting details released by WAC.
[There is no doubt that Chairman Weasley does not trust the International Confederation of Wizards. A few days ago, insiders revealed that Chairman Weasley had clashed with Akinbade. Perhaps that was not without foundation... According to the information released by WAC, the first item on the agenda at the Executive Bureau meeting chaired by Chairman Weasley was to send Vice Chairman Pierre Chevalier to cooperate with Barty Crouch in contacting countries across Europe to discuss cooperation on the "international trade of Wolfsbane Potion"...]
[At the same time, Mr. Vaughan Weasley has decided to visit North America in the near future at Ilvermorny's invitation... Representatives from Ilvermorny arrived in England months ago, yet Mr. Vaughan Weasley never responded. It seems he had been waiting until he gained legitimate status. Combined with his vision