There's an odd mismatch when a person says: "I'm tired of people emphasizing youth, because actual experience is more important. And I'm only x years old!" - it

There's an odd mismatch when a person says: "I'm tired of people emphasizing youth, because actual experience is more important. And I'm only x years old!" - it undermines what you're saying. It'd also help to link to specific examples of people getting press coverage because they're young. Otherwise it's easy for me to say "Nah, those stories usually say 'Blah blah didn't have much experience, being so young, but they still came up with a good idea and had the maturity to follow through on it, wow.'"