Language is the instrument used to muddy waters, Jim Tucker says. SIMON O'CONNOR/STUFF Jim Tucker uses the words in his column to to discuss the words used by politicians. It's for a similar reason government officials adapt their language the other way, in the direction of sweetness and light (and unreality). But it's not just journalists, PR operatives, politicians, managers, sports stars and bureaucrats who have trouble with the extremities of language. Language is the instrument used to muddy its waters.

Source: Stuff February 14, 2020 21:00 UTC