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NTV’s “Press Review” on Monday faulted Business Daily for failing to use simple ordinary words to explain complex business stories.

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Jargon in ‘Business Daily’? Not so fast

By  Peter Mwaura

Former Nation Media Group's public editor.

I disagree Business Daily uses jargon to the extent that stories are not understandable (“The use of jargon scares ordinary consumers from ‘Business Daily’—Daily Nation, Nov. 10, 2023). The BD content is biased to finance and business.

The example cited is ordinary language for a person who has passed through high school.

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