Not sure why nearly a 1/2 page in the morning newspaper was devoted to Britney Spears today , but check out this first paragraph from the Associated Press, especially the second sentence.As in most train wrecks, it was hard to focus on just one thing as the Britney Spears disaster unfolded on MTV’s Video Music Awards. There was just so much that went wrong … . Lethargic movements that seemed choreographed by a dance instructor for a nursing home… . At times, she just stopped singing, as if even she knew nothing could save her performance. It’s like the congressional ad last year in Minnesota that featured a young person dressed up in a grey wig, sitting on a parking bench, acting all meek and confused – generalizing that old people’ are ah, meek and confused. Or the high-speed internet ad that’s running nationally that shows the ‘before’ and ‘after’ with high-speed internet service. The ‘before’ is a photo of a senior woman, the ‘after’ is a young beauty queen. You get the message …Ageist advertising and media depictions that fuel stereotypes need to go, go, go away. Aging is about living, even at the end of life. If you see ageism at work in the media, please submit it here. We can share it and hopefully help get it extinguished.