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The quote:

1. Indicates this a human interest story

2. Is by definition of an accurate representation of the words of the person they are quoting

3. Is a reasonable overview of a complex story, given we understand that "free-spirited" is subjective and that, again, this is a human interest story and conveying the feelings of the people involved is part of the point.

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I don't know what you're getting at with 1 and 2. If the person they were quoting claimed to have been abducted by sasquatch, you could still make these two points. Would you still be arguing that it doesn't reflect poorly on the BBC to put that false claim into a headline?

If you would, that is probably the heart of our disagreement. If not, I guess it comes down to an agree to disagree on whether the subjective window of the personality trait 'free-spirited' can include 'active participant in violent resistance against a dictatorship'.

> If the person they were quoting claimed to have been abducted by sasquatch, you could still make these two points. Would you still be arguing that it doesn't reflect poorly on the BBC to put that false claim into a headline?

No? That’s a very good headline for an article about someone who believes that they were abducted by a Sasquatch. It would be a missed opportunity for a newspaper to NOT do.

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