The Chicago Tribune is getting walloped right now by the sexism police for a headline that referred to Olympian Corey Cogdell-Unrein, who won the bronze today in trap shooting, only as the “wife of Bears lineman” Mitch Unrein:
Wife of a Bears' lineman wins a bronze medal today in Rio Olympics https://t.co/kwZoGY0xAX pic.twitter.com/VZrjOvr80h
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) August 7, 2016
Well, the Tribune did use her picture, so that’s something:
https://twitter.com/DianneG/status/762416300132098048
But that’s not good enough:
Either "being a wife" is now an Olympic sport, or Tribune should tweet Corey Cogdell-Unrein is a shooting medallist https://t.co/K3WXkf3F9A
— Kaya Burgess (@kayaburgess) August 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/HPbasketball/status/762416126353477632
She has a name, you know. https://t.co/9A77acZkia
— Chris Herring (@Herring_NBA) August 7, 2016
this is especially unacceptable bc he's not even famous enough that they could use his name in the headline!! https://t.co/pBqueetfmA
— Sophie (@insopherable) August 7, 2016
Her name isn't "wife of a Bears' lineman." Her name is Corey Cogdell. Drop the sexist headline. #Olympics https://t.co/bGwkcX9OmZ
— Patrick Quaife (@pquaife) August 7, 2016
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How many tackles for a loss will Corey Cogdell-Unrein's husband have this year? https://t.co/uE38G6qEMk
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) August 7, 2016
And from an SEO standpoint, they really should have put her name in the tweet, too:
https://twitter.com/scottbudman/status/762418410084892672
Exit question: How soon until the sexism police go after her husband for not using her hyphenated last name on the shirts?
Seen at #BearsFamFest: A locker room full of good luck messages to @CoreyCogdell! #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/aqSeYIqjXy
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) August 6, 2016
…and @MitchellJUnrein with the D linemen too! Go get 'em @CoreyCogdell! #BearsFamFest #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/eJSrGQbixm
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) August 6, 2016
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