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Genuine question... Why the scare quotes around the word "found"? I'm assuming "hacked fliers" refers to the people who had their details stolen. So how exactly

by jspash 8y ago

Genuine question... Why the scare quotes around the word "found"? I'm assuming "hacked fliers" refers to the people who had their details stolen. So how exactly did they "find" the "suspect code"? English is my first language, but I'm really struggling to grok this headline.

vertex-four 8y ago
I think it’s because it’s not been confirmed by BA that this was the attack used.
jackweirdy 8y ago
From the BBC: > Quotation marks should be single: > in headlines and cross-heads (eg: UK ‘to leave EU’); in promo text and for quotes within quotes (eg: Tom Bone said: “They say, ‘The Labour Party is finished’ before every election”) and inside quote boxes (eg: They sprayed ‘go home’ on our front door – Sandra Harris). > In headlines where the attribution is clear, do not include unnecessary quote marks (eg Britain won’t hold referendum, says PM rather than Britain "won’t hold referendum", says PM). > They should be double: > outside the categories listed above - on the ticker, in regular text, summaries and picture captions. Also, at first use of phrases such as “mad cow disease” or “road rage”. (But quotation marks will be single if the phrase comes inside a direct quotation (eg: The minister said: “The spread of ‘mad cow disease’ had ruined thousands of lives.”) Either way, no punctuation is required after the first reference. https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20130702112133530 https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art201307021121335...
- jspash 8y ago
  Thanks for the clarification. I've re-read this headline a dozen times and it finally makes sense. By removing the phrase "that hacked fliers" you're left with "Suspect code 'found'". Which is the core of the statement. But that doesn't give enough context so the reference to the fliers was added. I also think they wanted to lead with "British Airways" so a bit of contortion was necessary.
mpclark 8y ago
It's because they are reporting that somebody thinks they've found the dodgy code, rather than a statement of fact that the dodgy code has been found.

by jspash 8y ago

vertex-four 8y ago

I think it’s because it’s not been confirmed by BA that this was the attack used.

jackweirdy 8y ago

From the BBC: > Quotation marks should be single: > in headlines and cross-heads (eg: UK ‘to leave EU’); in promo text and for quotes within quotes (eg: Tom Bone said: “They say, ‘The Labour Party is finished’ before every election”) and inside quote boxes (eg: They sprayed ‘go home’ on our front door – Sandra Harris). > In headlines where the attribution is clear, do not include unnecessary quote marks (eg Britain won’t hold referendum, says PM rather than Britain "won’t hold referendum", says PM). > They should be double: > outside the categories listed above - on the ticker, in regular text, summaries and picture captions. Also, at first use of phrases such as “mad cow disease” or “road rage”. (But quotation marks will be single if the phrase comes inside a direct quotation (eg: The minister said: “The spread of ‘mad cow disease’ had ruined thousands of lives.”) Either way, no punctuation is required after the first reference. https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20130702112133530 https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art201307021121335...

jspash 8y ago
Thanks for the clarification. I've re-read this headline a dozen times and it finally makes sense. By removing the phrase "that hacked fliers" you're left with "Suspect code 'found'". Which is the core of the statement. But that doesn't give enough context so the reference to the fliers was added. I also think they wanted to lead with "British Airways" so a bit of contortion was necessary.

mpclark 8y ago

It's because they are reporting that somebody thinks they've found the dodgy code, rather than a statement of fact that the dodgy code has been found.