• Chozo@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    No, it’s a single word which could have feasibly been said by anybody involved in this story, and there’s no way to tell because the headline doesn’t attribute the quote.

    It’s editorializing, not a quote.

    • softcat@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      It quotes the child in the article. I’d suggest reading it before commenting on it.

    • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
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      23 hours ago

      That’s not how quotes work. You can use individual words from someone as a quote. The number of words doesn’t matter when you’re quoting someone. You don’t have to quote the full sentence. It is not uncommon.