Associated Press ripped for referring to Amal Clooney as 'actor's wife'

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.”