Ukrainian plane was 'unintentionally' shot down, Iran state TV says

Re:Ukrainian plane was 'unintentionally' shot down, Iran sta... by dilap on Friday January 10, 2020 @11:44PM (#22018192)

Why the scare quotes? I think we can be pretty confident that Iran did not do this on purpose.

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Re:Ukrainian plane was 'unintentionally' shot down, Iran sta... by ComputerGuru on Friday January 10, 2020 @11:54PM (#22018227)

Every time a BBC link is posted this comes up. BBC does not use scare quotes but BBC prefers (requires?) important/central descriptive or modifiers to be directly quoted, even when they’re single words.

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Re:Ukrainian plane was 'unintentionally' shot down, Iran sta... by smnrchrds on Saturday January 11, 2020 @12:52AM (#22018409)

This is not a BBC link (British Broadcasting Corporation). It is from CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).

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Re:Ukrainian plane was 'unintentionally' shot down, Iran sta... by dilap on Saturday January 11, 2020 @11:36AM (#22020731)

Headline: HN user dilap claims BBC quoting style is “confusing”

Subhead: Offers “thanks” to ComputerGuru

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Re:Ukrainian plane was 'unintentionally' shot down, Iran sta... by ComputerGuru on Saturday January 11, 2020 @02:08PM (#22021676)

I think the Onion does the same thing ;)

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Re:Ukrainian plane was 'unintentionally' shot down, Iran sta... by flyingcroissant on Friday January 10, 2020 @11:51PM (#22018216)

It’s a quote. They’re not scare quotes.

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