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Mother Dies As Her Flotilla Activist Son Is ‘Tortured’ in Israeli Detention (novaramedia.com)

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[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

In journalism, as opposed to internet forums, quotes are used to convey something someone else has literally said instead of representing something in a mocking tone. Someone called it torture (potentially an expert in calling things torture) so they used quotes to say "we're not calling this torture, someone more educated in this topic called it torture and we are leaning on their expertise to know what they're talking about"