It's worth noting that, in canon, Rita's writing results in Hermione receiving piles of hate mail including booby-trapped letters containing toxic chemicals. It also results in the Ministry, as represented by Fudge, taking a very dim view of Harry on the evidence of her articles alone ("having funny turns all over the place").
Given the apparent gullibility and quickness to violence of the general population in the Potterverse (with no comment on how this may or may not resemble the real world), it is entirely plausible that Rita's other victims were also the targets of such abuse, including risks to their health. And let's not even get started on the possibility of vigilante justice (you don't mess with Lucius Malfoy because he is, in fact, Lucius Malfoy, but what about less well-defended targets?), or the way key institutions such as the Wizengamot are easily swayed by rumour and rhetoric.
In light of the above, I assign a very low probability to the hypothesis that Rita Skeeter's writing has not resulted in cases of bodily harm and miscarriage of justice (up to and including Azkaban and/or death).
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