I went back and looked and you're right, that paraphrasing doesn't appear in the NY times article that they're using as a source.

Also, the gawker article used as the source for the Buzz feed comments doesn't read as being about age at all.

Given the two strikes at the first two things I've looked at it just calls into credibility the whole article - which is a shame, as there probably a good conversation about age to be had.