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[Doc]

Between this and the titty toast you are just downright sassy today AD.

[CortJstr]

"my client is outraged that he is not allowed to stay in Thai jail."

I wish there were a new form of punctuation which indicated an imaginary quote.

Just put brackets around it. It's already well established newspaper code for "the person didn't actually say this but we're going to pretend that he did because god forbid our readers see what was actually said."

[Hobot]

Just put brackets around it. It's already well established newspaper code for "the person didn't actually say this but we're going to pretend that he did because god forbid our readers see what was actually said."

As far as I know, that's done only to elaborate upon or clarify what the quoted individual has said.  I'd certainly hope that journalistic integrity would prevent essentially making up entire quotations in that manner.

Another alternative would be to introduce the quotation so as to explicitly show it is fantasy: "The attorney would be all, 'my client is outraged that he is not allowed to stay in Thai jail.'"

Or you could just not care quite so much.

[CortJstr]

As far as I know, that's done only to elaborate upon or clarify what the quoted individual has said.  I'd certainly hope that journalistic integrity would prevent essentially making up entire quotations in that manner.

It's also used to mask the actual statement just as often. I seriously doubt anybody has ever taken the time to say "bracket expletive bracket" like so many newspapers would have us believe.

[JorgeFabregas]

Dusty Baker recently said "If I did that (have a pitcher throw 169 pitches in a game), you guys would lynch me." The Chicago Tribune, which owns the team he manages, printed it as "If i did that, you guys would [criticize] me."

Meaning obscured!