• ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    A lot of newspapers do that in headlines. They don’t necessarily mean scare quotes.

    Not defending it or implying he’s lying. Just that many newspapers — especially in England — do that a lot and it doesn’t necessarily carry connotations. It often means they have a direct quote. He probably was tortured and they more using it for emphasis rather than doubt.