Harry Potter newspapers and magazines
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The Daily Prophet
The Daily Prophet is a fictional newspaper featured in the Harry Potter book series as the most widely-read newspaper in England's wizard community. Unfortunately, its journalistic integrity is somewhat lacking; it's been known to be more concerned about selling itself than about factual accuracy (the name may very well be a pun), and to come under Ministry of Magic's thumb when the Ministry wills it.
Warner Bros.'s Harry Potter website's news and events page has been named after the paper.
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 article that, while correctly asserting that Hagrid is part giant, also makes numerous scurrilous accusations about his personal character; and declaring Harry "disturbed and dangerous".
After the Ministry took the stance of firmly denying Lord Voldemort's return, the Prophet initiated a smear campaign against Dumbledore and Harry, the most influential proponents of the opposing view. Though Rita was blackmailed out of her job by 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.
After Fudge was forced to admit that Lord Voldemort had returned, the Prophet changed its stance overnight, now calling Harry "a lone voice of truth." The newspaper even bought Harry's interview on Voldemort's rise from the Quibbler, which Harry had — ironically enough — done with none other than an unwilling Rita Skeeter.
The Quibbler may be seen as a foil to the Prophet. The Prophet has a commercialized nature and prints stories for the money. The Quibbler prints stories not for money, but the ideology of sharing important news. Neither the newspaper nor the magazine are very accurate; the Prophet's stories are twisted to make them seem more exciting and the editor of the Quibbler is so open-minded that many of the stories are very absurd.
The editor of the Daily Prophet is Barnabus Cuffe, a former pupil of the Potions master Horace Slughorn. It is unclear how long he has been editor of the Daily Prophet.
The Evening Prophet
The Evening Prophet is a fictional newspaper in the Harry Potter books. Its connection with the Daily Prophet is unknown, though it is probably an evening edition of the Daily Prophet.
Harry and Ron driving the flying Ford Anglia became one of its headlines during his second year at Hogwarts.
The Quibbler
The Quibbler is a fictional magazine featured in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
The magazine's editor is an unusual wizard named Lovegood. Lovegood is against the Ministry of Magic's propaganda and the commercialized nature of the Daily Prophet. He is focused on principle rather than on profit. However, he is so open-minded that some of the stories are not only untrue, but incredibly silly, such as Sirius Black being a singing sensation, Cornelius Fudge ordering goblins to be cooked in pies, a professional Quidditch team winning the Quidditch league through, broom tampering, blackmail, and torture, and someone flying to the moon on a broomstick and bringing back a carton of "moon frogs" as proof. It has gone so far that hardly anyone believes any article in the Quibbler, except Lovegood's own daughter Luna. The writers for the Quibbler aren't paid; they do it for the honour. The Quibbler would probably parallel to a sort of inoffensive (except by absurdity) tabloid in our world, such as the Weekly World News.
During Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Hermione Granger convinces Rita Skeeter to write an article about Harry Potter's meeting with Lord Voldemort that occurred in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Lovegood agrees to publish this interview in his magazine. Dolores Umbridge, when she discovers this, bans the Quibbler from Hogwarts, in an attempt to prevent the story spreading. Her plan backfires, and no edition of the Quibbler ever sells out faster. Lovegood is shocked that people are more interested in this than the Crumple-horned Snorkack. After Cornelius Fudge admits that Voldemort has returned, Lovegood sells the Daily Prophet Harry's interview for a very good price, enough for him and his daughter to go on an expedition to Sweden where they hope to catch a Crumple-horned Snorkack. This piece of news is probably one of the few, possibly only, true news presented by The Quibbler.
Facts according to the Quibbler
The Ministry of Magic
Lovegood is against the Fudge Administration, and says he'd believe anything of him. This shows in the Quibbler, which indulges in conspiracy theories, declaring Fudge has goblins cooked in pies, uses the Department of Mysteries to develop terrible poisons and has a secret army of fire-demons called "heliopaths". No known characters, except Luna, actually believe all this. Harry said (or rather thought) that although he thought Fudge had some faults, he found it hard to believe him ordering goblins to be cooked in pies. Fudge's replacement, Rufus Scrimgeour, fares no better; Lovegood asserts that he is in fact a vampire. Finally, the Ministry's security service, the Aurors, are said to be engaged in the Rotfang conspiracy to bring down the whole Ministry through a combination of Dark magic and gum disease.
Fantastic Beasts
There have been numerous beasts mentioned in the Quibbler such as Crumple-horned Snorkacks (which supposedly live in Sweden and cannot fly), heliopaths, the Bibbering Humdinger, and Nargles (which are supposed to infest mistletoe). None of these exist according to Hermione Granger and are not listed in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, so it is clear that the Ministry of Magic also doesn't recognize their existence.
Witch Weekly
Witch Weekly is a fictional magazine in the Harry Potter books, targeted primarily at a readership of girls and women.
It contains recipes that are used by Mrs. Weasley. Rita Skeeter wrote the article Harry Potter's Secret Heartache for this magazine, which Mrs. Weasley read, resulting in Hermione getting a sudden cold attitude from Mrs. Weasley. Unlike the Daily Prophet this magazine prints pictures in color. Witch Weekly has a most charming smile award which Gilderoy Lockhart supposedly won five times in a row. He boasted frequently about those awards.
Transfiguration Today
Transfiguration Today is a fictional magazine in the Harry Potter books.
We do not know much of it, except that Harry read it in the Leaky Cauldron in his third year at Hogwarts.
The Adventures of Martin Miggs, the Mad Muggle
The Adventures of Martin Miggs, the Mad Muggle is a fictional comic series read by Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter books.
Which Broomstick
Which Broomstick is a fictional magazine about flying broomsticks in the Harry Potter books, with an order form at the back.nl:Ochtendprofeet