Blood Protection/Dumbledore and Harry

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 158632

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Janette <jnferr at ...> wrote:
>
> a_svirn:
> > Exactly. Especially since Dumbledore went to considerable 
lengths to
> > plant that boy-who-lived image. It was thanks to his skilful PR
> > campaign Harry became a celebrity; and he used the fact as 
another
> > justification for his decision.
> 
> montims:
> Not doubting this, but where in canon does it say that DD did this?
>

a_svirn:
Who else? If there was a spy at GH he would certainly refrain to 
advertise the fact. Yet the whole wizarding community knew about the 
rebounded AK, the scar and the boy-who-lived in a matter of hours. 
And did not know any other details. Dumbledore is the only one who 
had motive and opportunity to spread the carefully edited version of 
the story. We also know from canon what means he used. He knew that 
he could trust Hagrid with his life, but couldn't trust him to keep 
his mouth shut. So he banked on it.