'''''Profettidende''''' er det mest vidtlæste dagblad i [[United KingdomStorbritannien|England]]s troldmands samfund.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/index.aspx?c=ireland&jp=cwmhgbidcwid |title=Harry Potter newspaper designed by Muggles |work=[[Irish Examiner]] |date=[[27. december]], [[2005-12-27]] |accessdate=8. 2007-09-08september, 2007}}</ref> Artiklerne indeholder bevægende billeder.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timewastersguide.com/review/1566/Harry-Potter-and-the-Order-of-the-Phoenix |title=Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |work=The Official [[Time Wasters Guide]] |date=[[10. Julyjuli]], [[2007]] |accessdate=8. september, 2007-09-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007| |author=Roger Ebert |pages=285–6 |year=[[2006]] |isbn=0740761579 |publisher=Andrews McMeel Pub. |location=Kansas City, Mo.}}</ref> Desværre mangler det i nogen grad journalistisk integritet; det er kendt for at være mere interesseret i salg end i saglig nøjagtighed og er ofte talerør for Ministeriet for Magi, som beskrevet af [[Rita Rivejern]] "Profettidende lever for at sælge sig selv!".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Harry Potter and the Separation of Powers: A Law and Literature - Review of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |author=Colette Spanyol |url=http://www.herts.ac.uk/fms/documents/schools/law/HLJ_V3I1_Spanyol.pdf |journal=Hertfordshire Law Journal |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=12–16 |format=PDF}}</ref>