Age Discrimination

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Writers John Stossel and Frank Mastropolo, both working as a correspondent and journalist in ABC News, open their article highlighting the accomplishments of Bruce Marrow, a radio personality legend who “has been on the air for decades,” “Introduced the Beatles at the New York Shea’s Stadium,” and “was credited with helping push oldies station WCBS-FM to number one” (Stossel). However, the writers ended the paragraph talking about how legend Bruce Marrow, despite his endeavors, had been abruptly fired without any warning three years ago. They then continue to apply the same scenario to Kansas City DJ’s Max Floyd and Tanna Guthrie from 99.7 KY. The main reason why Stossel and his co-writer had decided to brusquely end the first paragraph of the article, it is not to embarrass Bruce Marrow or Max Floyd or Tanna Guthrie, but instead, to identify whether it is fair for people to get fired, even after they help build a company, just because they are getting old. The writer’s thesis starts off effective, but the bitter, harsh tone undoes its effectiveness.

Stossel and Mastropolo’s thesis did not come until at the middle of the article when they talked about how Murray Schwartz is convinced “that older people can do the job just as well as younger people and believes that employment age discrimination laws are a crucial protection for older workers” (paragraph 11). With this issue, there are two sides of argument in this article: one is from the corporate as to why it is a necessity to fire people when they come of age, and the second one is from the workers being affected at this age discrimination. There are several people applying for jobs these days and a company attempts to fill that job with the best qualified person. If a per...

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...all areas of life for good reasons and a company can do whatever it wants to ensure profitability. His highly biased piece on age discrimination, however, will leave people dismayed and irate for not presenting a more balanced view of this issue.

With all discrimination aside, what’s important is to show some honest respect, ethics, value, and loyalty to every employee.

Works Cited

Stossel, John and Frank Manstropolo. “Fired For Being Too Old: Unfair or Good Business?”

ABC News. 25 July 2008. 05 February 2012.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Stossel/story?id=5444494&page=1#.TzhSHoH4La9

“Equal Employment Opportunity.” United States Department of Labor. 05 February 2012.

http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/discrimination/agedisc.htm

“John Stossel.” FOX News Network, LLC. 05 February 2012.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/watch/anchors-reporters/john-stossel-bio/

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