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Why does the article mention Greenspan's age?
by mkr-hn 15y ago
Why does the article mention Greenspan's age?
- WalterSear 15y agoBecause that's what passes for hard hitting journalistic research these days.
- anamax 15y agoDon't be so mean. If they report his age, they're likely to get at least one fact correct in the article.
- ChrisLTD 15y agoI was taught in journalism school to mention the subject's age when possible. It doesn't take a lot of space and can be valuable information in some cases.
- dolvlo 15y agoWell your journalism school by definition is ageist.
- gaius 15y agoIt's important context. It tells you a lot about the events that a person has lived through that inform their opinions. I'm too young to have any real memories of stagflation and Reaganomics, for example, but I can tell you all about the NASDAQ meltdown of '01...