"This show plays to ugly, inaccurate stereotypes about the people of West Virginia," Sen. Manchin wrote in a letter to the president of MTV.

The plea by Professors Levy and Murnane for greater attention to issues affecting children is commendable; but their use of this inaccurate stereotype is unnecessary.

In American textbooks, which theoretically should be less-creative expressions, similar negative and inaccurate stereotypes are also found for Arabs and Muslims.

The girls depicted reinforce an inaccurate stereotype of New York private-school kids.

Such inaccurate stereotypes are likely to have a negative impact on the attractiveness of librarianship as a profession to young people.

Although 55 percent of those polled said they knew someone who had had an abortion, the poll also disclosed that many people hold inaccurate stereotypes of women who choose abortion.

Knowledge about African Americans and their place in swimming history has been burdened by racism and obstructed by persistent and inaccurate stereotypes.

DeParle's article on welfare reform in Wisconsin perpetuates the inaccurate stereotype of the lazy welfare recipient who does not want to work.

Secondly, thanks for perpetuating an inaccurate negative stereotype about trans women.