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

[dilap]

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

[ComputerGuru → dilap]

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.

[smnrchrds → ComputerGuru]

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

[dilap → ComputerGuru]

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

Subhead: Offers “thanks” to ComputerGuru

[ComputerGuru → dilap]

I think the Onion does the same thing ;)

[flyingcroissant → dilap]

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