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The ''Prophet'' remains respectable (and obscure) for the first three books, but by ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', it has hired [[Rita Skeeter]], a repulsive [[journalist]] who supplies several high-quality, thrilling and blatantly false articles. These include creating an
After the Ministry took the stance of firmly denying [[Lord Voldemort]]'s return, the ''Prophet'' initiated a smear campaign against [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]] and Harry, the most influential proponents of the opposing view. Though Rita was [[blackmail]]ed out of her job by [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]], her works had done enough to form its basis. They made Harry out to be an attention seeking prat, and snuck snide comments about him into the Prophet. Dumbledore was declared to be losing his mind in his old age, and the loss of some of his honors was much touted, while conveniently failing to mention the cause: [[Cornelius Fudge]]'s paranoid beliefs that Dumbledore was plotting against him.
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