Desde los inicios de la pandemia de Covid-19 se ha hecho mención a los y las adultas mayores como la población con mayor riesgo. A su vez se la ha señalado como aquella población más vulnerable, frágil y desvalida frente a la pandemia. A pesar de que se ha comunicado que hay diferentes poblaciones con diversos tipos de vulnerabilidades frente al Covid-19, la población mayor aparece como aquella que debe ser cuidada, protegida, resguardada e incluso confinada en beneficio de sí misma. El tratamiento que los medios de comunicación han realizado sobre población mayor y la llamada vulnerabilidad frente al Covid-19 en Argentina pone en evidencia una clara presencia de elementos discriminatorios contra las personas mayores. A través de un análisis crítico de discurso realizado con el uso de la herramienta Atlas Ti analizamos las estrategias discursivas con las que medios periodísticos argentinos caracterizan negativamente a las llamadas personas mayores y sus posibles implicancias en relación a la pandemia de Covid- 19. Palabras clave Covid-19 - Personas mayores - Edadismo - Discurso periodístico ABSTRACT OLD PEOPLE PANDEMIC: DISCRIMINATORY JOURNALISTIC DISCOURSES AGAINST OLDER PERSONS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, older adults have been mentioned as the population at highest risk. At the same time, it has been identified as the population most vulnerable, fragile and helpless in the face of the pandemic. Although it has been reported that there are different populations with diverse types of vulnerabilities to Covid-19, the older population appears as the one that must be cared for, protected, protected and even confined for the benefit of itself. The treatment that the media has carried out on the elderly population and the so called vulnerability to Covid-19 in Argentina reveals a clear presence of discriminatory elements against the elderly people. Through a critical analysis of discourse carried out with the use of the Atlas Ti tool, we analyze the discursive strategies with which Argentine journalistic media negatively characterize the so-called elderly people and their possible implications in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic. Keywords Covid-19 - Old age - Ageism - Journalistic discourse