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Originally Posted by Fotoman
That's where the word "apparently' comes in. It's synonymous with "ostensibly," "seemingly," "alledgedly." And the article itself used the phrase "... it would seem..."
So it appears the assumption is all yours. 
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Unfortunately, all those adverbs are commonly used in the media as euphemisms for 'we have no real idea if this is actually true and we can't be bothered to check, so we'll just run with it anyway'.
So I think Harry's reaction is understandable