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Why did BBC put quotes around the word arrested in the title?
by boutad 7y ago
Why did BBC put quotes around the word arrested in the title?
- dharmab 7y agoBBC's style guide puts quotes around any part of a headline that is reporting on what others have said.
- cavanasm 7y agoProbably because there's a dispute over whether anyone was actually arrested, or if they arrested the wrong person, because the journalist who received the video says his source has not been arrested.
- testvox 7y agoGenerally when newspapers put quotes around a word like that it means they are using a word quoted directly from a source.