The Associated Press opened a can of worms for themselves after this tweet:
Amal Clooney, actor's wife, representing Al-Jazeera journalist accused in Egypt of ties to extremists http://t.co/i6nQg0xPg3
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 29, 2015
The AP heard about it quickly:
https://twitter.com/Rrrrnessa/status/637641260677771264
@AP it's a good job that when she's not being George Clooney's wife she's not like A HIGH PROFILE HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER or anything.
— Tim Stillman (@Stillberto) August 29, 2015
Wow.
Actor's wife trumps human rights lawyer? You would expect the @AP to have more respect than that. https://t.co/IT6qDuAsZF— SciFiSapphire (@SciFiSapphire) August 29, 2015
@AP excuse me, do you mean human rights lawyer? Dickwads.
— (((Alison Finch))) (@tig14) August 29, 2015
Lawyer? Attorney? Advocate? Solicitor? Correct description rather than "actor's wife" & the story is about the journalist by the way! @AP
— Gone to Swan ??? (@waheedaharris) August 29, 2015
@AP Shameless misogyny
— iain hall (@iainhall) August 29, 2015
@AP ummm, sexist much? how about human rights attorney? Her marital status doesn't define her. You really need to fix this.
— Michele McKeon (@MicheleMcKeon) August 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/BklynMiddleton/status/637617932261027840
@AP Do you mean Amal Clooney, lawyer, activist, writer? Whoever wrote that needs a head check, never mind a spell check. Laughable u r
— Jacky Tweedie (@jstweedie) August 29, 2015
The Associated Press followed that up later with a tweet that might make their critics a little happier:
Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney criticizes prison terms handed down to three Al-Jazeera English journalists http://t.co/66vCWMt1Gb
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 29, 2015
The next time the AP publishes a story about George Clooney, perhaps they could vindicate themselves in the eyes of these critics by referring to him as a “noted human rights attorney’s husband.”
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