Maya Forstater

Noted tax professionals' focus on *language* in contrast to public (on story content). Now my mentions = pros insisting on right language...

@alexcobham Language shapes how we public are led to see the story - cf: 'bogus asylum seekers' 'benefit tourists' - words to get ppl angry

@MForstater Quite, But the point I made, which people are consistently ignoring to discuss language, is that this => disconnect from public

@alexcobham @MForstater The language point comes first. If the public misunderstand the language, they are disconnected from reality.

@alexcobham @MForstater We must ensure that the public understand the facts fully as possible, so we're all talking about the same thing.

@alexcobham @MForstater Also, it was your tweets about language that I saw first. I don't even know what the story is. Priming your sample?

@BenCTA @alexcobham - Need some boundaries around the category companies-to-be-angry about. Currently = any company accused => just noise

@MForstater @alexcobham I've looked into some of the stories and generally found little to be upset about other than the formulation of law.