What’s age got to do with it, Marina Hyde? | Ageing

Charles Harris, David Silverman and Howard Temperly detect a whiff of ageism in the columnist’s criticisms of the Dalai Lama, Rupert Murdoch and other older men

Mon 17 Apr 2023 02.05 AEST

So ageism lives in the Guardian (Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch, the Dalai Lama: living proof that no one is too big for retirement, 11 April). Marina Hyde, whom I normally hold in high esteem (whatever her age), would presumably hesitate before putting the boot into any other minority than old men.

The Dalai Lama’s offence had nothing to do with his age. Rupert Murdoch’s media companies were just as…

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