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Ageism [1] [2] [3] is a type of discrimination based on one's age, generally used to refer to age based discrimination against elderly people. The term was coined in 1969 by Robert Neil Butler to describe this discrimination, building on the terminology of sexism and racism . [ 4 ]
In November 1969, Vice President Spiro Agnew made a landmark speech denouncing what he saw as media bias against the Vietnam War. He called those opposed to the war the "nattering nabobs of negativism"." [30] Starting in the 21st century, social media became a major source of bias, since anyone could post anything without regard to its accuracy.
In particular, the stereotype that older persons were “impotent, frail, disabled, demented, or dependent.” [8] By confronting those stereotypes, the Gray Panthers were at the forefront of ideas some considered provocative—namely, ideas that older persons should be able to live in inter-generational housing, [1] and that older people can ...
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Media bias is the bias or perceived bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media in the selection of events, the stories that are reported, and how they are covered. The term generally implies a pervasive or widespread bias violating the standards of journalism , rather than the perspective of an individual journalist or article ...
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[444] Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell was canceled on January 17, 1976, after only 18 episodes. [443] A year later, the NBC sketch show Saturday Night finally got permission to use the name Saturday Night Live, and hired many cast members who worked on the ABC version (including Bill Murray, who was hired after Chevy Chase left). The Tom ...
Former FBI source Alexander Smirnov has struck a plea agreement with the office of special counsel David Weiss, agreeing to plead guilty on several counts.. The document notes that Smirnov is ...