news media alert - don't label us

If an adult gets knocked down, injured, robbed or anything else, that person doesn't need a special age label by the news media. It may matter if one is a child or infant, but not an adult, please! The worst being, labelling us 'elderly'. Are we older than average? Certainly, but tagging us as 'elderly' is totally unnecessary and quite frankly, insulting. Are you telling us the sum total qualifications for our years of living comes down to 'Elderly'? Does this make your story more compelling, sympathetic or dramatic? It shouldn't. We are more than that............marge