Hitler Alive! ...Student Dead!

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 115446


bboyminn wrote:
>>I don't think Seamus necessarily believes the paper or his mother. I
think he is inclined to believe Harry but would like to hear the
details so he can either make up his own mind and confirm his faith in
Harrry.

[snip] I think the wizard
world is frustrated by Dumbledore's repeating of /headlines/ without
the details to back them up. Dumbledore may have valid strategic
reasons for doing so, but to the wizard world at large, that doesn't
make it any less frustrating. I think this position is clear when you
see how fast the wizard world and the students turn their opinions
around once Harry's interview is published.<<

HunterGreen:
Clearly with the Daily Prophet being controlled by the Ministry its 
very difficult to get the whole story out to anyone. There's many 
mentions of it being "Harry's word" against everyone elses when there 
there was actually other evidence (the disappearence of Bertha 
Jorkins, Crouch Sr.'s mysterious illness and disappearence, Crouch 
Jr. being alive and claiming to be working for Voldemort, Harry and 
Cedric disappearing from Hogwarts grounds, and reappearing an hour or 
more later with Cedric dead) which was being pushed aside or not 
connected right. 
I think Dumbledore just wasn't going about it right. They had a 
grassroots campaign rather than finding some sort of mass-media way 
to release the *whole* story, which is what should have happened at 
the end of GoF (to accompany Dumbledore's speech). Its no surprise 
that so many people changed their minds about Harry when they heard 
the whole story, it does make sense, and there were things to back it 
up. Before that, you are right Steve, Dumbledore was just running 
around spouting headlines, and Harry was reluctant to talk about it 
at all (and when he did, he gave few or no details), no wonder 
everyone thought Dumbledore was starting to lose his mind.