Shacklebolt had controlled the narrative for far too long. It was all too easy for him to bribe the writers of the Prophet if he wasn't already resorting to his usual nefarious tactics of blackmail. It wasn’t as if Wizarding Britain knew any different of Draco anyway; it would make sense to believe that a former Death Eater, the boy who let Death Eaters into Hogwarts and attempted to kill the Headmaster, would continue on a path of darkness.