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“I found a bunch of liberal organizations that sought to reform this and that, expand this and that, or reestablish particular programs.”
Donald Trump could declare himself above the law—and that’s just been enabled by a recent Supreme Court ruling.
Left-lurching oldsters did not fit the preconceived theme like the right-sliding youngsters. So…leave them out of the analysis.
In US corporate media, stingier pensions in France are portrayed as the inevitable result of “demographic stress,” not policy choices.
Behind Ross Douthat’s birthrate obsession lurks something much more tied to right-wing nativism than he will ever openly admit.
If the stereotypes of Generation Z sound familiar, it’s because just a few years ago, Millennials were described nearly identically.
Dividing people by age rather than class has an intrinsic appeal to corporate media outlets owned by the wealthy elite of this country.
Election Focus 2020: Just as coverage wondering whether female candidates and candidates of color are “electable” serves to heighten the very stereotypes and prejudices it purports to be passively observing, “how old is too old” stories draw on tired prejudices that need to be challenged by reporters, not reinforced by them.
There continues to be a large market for pieces saying the big conflict in the US is generational rather than class. The HuffPost made its latest contribution this week.
When reporters refer to children or teenagers as “juveniles,” this works to criminalize and dehumanize a distinction—being a child—we would otherwise view in a sympathetic light.
We tell folks to ignore all those incredibly rich people with vast amounts of money—the reason most people are not seeing rising living standards is the damn Baby Boomers who expect to get Social Security and Medicare, just because they paid for it.
Blaming Trump on the Voters Who Voted Against Him… Protesting a President Is Like Nazi Graffiti… Trump Family Paper Demands FBI Go After Dissent… Corporate Media Diversity: From GE to GM… Protecting a Pundit Who Dismissed Trans Rights… Sanders, Warren Don’t Meet WaPo’s Standards for ‘Progressive’
So who do we blame for Trump—the age group that voted for Clinton by the widest margin, or the ones that voted for Trump? If you’re the Washington Post, the biggest Clinton backers are responsible for Trump, naturally.
How do you blame Trump on the age group least likely to vote for Trump?
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Barbara Olshansky joins to discuss Guantánamo Bay. Also on the show: Journalist and author Trudy Lieberman on what media should be telling us about that new Medicare program.
The nightly network newscasts devoted significant broadcast time to the debate over the restructuring of Medicare. But while some reports described the corporate interests that stood to gain under the plan to offer a prescription drug benefit, few addressed the question of why Congress would pass a law so beneficial to the healthcare industries. In […]
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The media have been duped by a clever campaign whose intention is to get rid of those nasty Social Security programs.
Thirty years ago, when Barry Goldwater proposed making Social Security voluntary, he was dismissed as a lunatic. Now, however, the radical transformation of Social Security–essentially its privatization–is the consensus among the political class and the pundits who serve them. The strategy of the privatizers is proving quite successful. Sow doubts about the future solvency of […]
