Fudge -Seriously Now

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 98973

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "muscatel1988" <cottell at d...> wrote:

> muscatel1988:
> 
> "Fudge forced to flee!
> Minister of Magic chased from office!"
> 
> These are the headlines as I found them on the banner at the bottom 
> of the Rumours section, in the ad for The Quibbler.  I can't seen 
> anything about "ran/run out of town".  Am I missing something?
> 
> My first thought on reading them was that the whole Quibbler thing 
> is a satire on tabloids, and that I could easily imagine that the 
> associated story would be about Fudge having to leave his physical 
> office at speed after, for example, Doxies hatched in the curtains 
> and chased him.  That's the sort of wordplay that tabloids love!

bboy_mn:

Some one correct me if I am wrong, but in the European/British
Parlimentary form of government, when the current 'rules' annoys the
people and the Parliment, can't they have a 'Vote of No Confidence',
thereby, forcing an immediate election to replace the official in
question? (Side note: in the US, we call that a 'recall election';
just happened to the governor of California.)

Regardless of the quality of my knowledge of Euro-government, it's
entirely possible the Fudge will simply step down, or the office will
change hands in the course of normal democratic process. 

However, common information doesn't sell newspapers; you need
overblown, highly sensationalized headlines which are accompanied by
stories full of hyperbole, distortions, half-truths, exagerations, and
overblown editiorializing. Which seems to be standard fare for the
Daily Prophet; throw in an overactive imagination and some wild
speculation and you have the Quibbler.

Let's not take those headlines as abolute true, but as nothing more
than headlines.

I think in an interview, JKR already said there will be a new Minister
of Magic, so the headline isn't really telling us anything about the
event itself or the underlying details.

Just one man's opinion.

bboy_mn