The Times Says “Most Lawyers” Won’t Take Age Discrimination Cases Anymore. Really?

By Daniel Schwartz on August 26th, 2013

In Tuesday’s The New York Times, an article (that, as of Monday evening was one of the lead pieces on the NYTimes.com website) argues that age discrimination continues to exist in society and that it is hitting the baby boomers particularly hard. (Indeed, the article’s tag is ”for-laid-off-older-workers-age-bias-is-pervasive”.) I do not challenge the assertion that age discrimination continues to exist in certain parts of society. The statistics quoted in the article do undermine the article’s assertion though because the unemployment rate for 55-64 year olds is 5.4 percent (compared with 7.4 percent) for the general population. I’ll leave it for others to debate what the statistics mean.

Now, admittedly, the charges don’t account for claims that were filed with an attorney’s assistance

But if “most lawyers” won’t take age discrimination cases anymore, wouldn’t you expect to see a significant dropoff?.......But try telling that to the Times. Indeed, it goes on to make a remarkable, uncredited assertion: “Since the Supreme Court ruling, most lawyers won’t even take age discrimination cases.”

Most lawyers? From where does the Times get this assertion? It fails to say. It provides no statistics, no cite, no quote to support this. Nothing….To Read More…..

My Take – Well, once again the NYT, the so-called Gray Lady, has proven she is in reality an Old Gray Hag. Can you believe anything that appears in the Times? Of course that question is universal for all newspapers and the answer is a resounding ....NO! Newspapers have always wanted to tell the story they want told - truth notwithstanding.

That same mentality permeated the electronic media. Dan Rather, Connie Chung and he rest of his peers practiced it with great glee. They weren't concerned with the facts - or at least the facts that disagreed with the narrative they were promoting - they were concerned with "their" story, not "the" story. Nothing has changed, and because of the internet society has become aware of their lies – both of commission and omission – and newspapers all over the nation are dying. Those that remain will have to make some serious changes…..like telling “the” story instead of “their” story. That will be interesting to watch!