Rumours (was:Re: Q - It's a Joke)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 97273

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:

> bboy_mn:
> 
> How accurate those rumors were is a matter of conjecture. But, none
> the less, the student certainly had their own story of what happened
> that night. And, I don't see that conflicting with Dumbledore's
> statement to Harry because I don't think his statement was meant to 
be
> taken literally or seriously.
> 

Geoff:
There is an interesting parallel here in OOTP:

'The notices had gone up all around the school overnight but they did 
not explain how every single person within the castle seemed to know 
that Dumbledore had overcome two Aurors, the High Inquisitor, the 
Minister for Magic and his Junior Assistant to escape. No matter 
where Harry went within the castle, the sole topic of conversation 
was Dumbledore's flight and though some of the details may have gone 
awry in the retelling (Harry overheard one second-year girl assuring 
another that Fudge was now lying in St.Mungo's with a pumpkin for a 
head) it was surprising how accurate the rest of their information 
was. Everybody knew, for instance, that Harry and Marietta were the 
only students to have witnessed the scene in Dumbledore's office and, 
as Marietta was now in the hospital wing, Harry found himself 
besieged with requests to give a first-hand account.'

(OOTP "Snape's Worst Memory" p.550 UK edition)

Obviously Reuters have a WW correspondent based at a pub in Hogsmeade!