'Phrasing! Phrasing!' This AP tweet takes us down one hell of a 'slippery slope'

Um, yeah. That’s putting it mildly:

BREAKING: Methodist panel overturns decision to defrock Pennsylvania pastor who married his gay son.

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 24, 2014

Beg your pardon?

Thats fucked up. RT @AP: BREAKING: Methodist panel overturns decision to defrock Pennsylvania pastor who married his gay son.

— could be liam (@OrdinaryLiLi) June 24, 2014

Yeah, it is. Guessing it’s not what the AP was going for:

Um, understand Twitter limits, but "married" should've been "officiated at wedding" here, I'm pretty sure, @AP https://t.co/Z8h2TVweaX

— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) June 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/lcarilo/status/481479244648693760

@AP Horribly written. I assume you mean he presided over his gay son's wedding. The headline suggests he married his son.

— Edwin F. Brooks (@orangeskin) June 24, 2014

@AP Wow. You really phrased that poorly. The pastor officiated his son's wedding.

— Matthew Martin (@hyperplanes) June 24, 2014

Words are hard.

Slippery slope! MT @EdMorrissey: Understand Twitter limits, but "married" should've been "officiated at wedding," https://t.co/qHMdT4kuvH

— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/adamsteinbaugh/status/481479279704686593

@AP phrasing! Phrasing!

— Jason Smith (@FOXPhotog) June 24, 2014

@AP I think you want to work on your phrasing here.

— Councilman Tony Heyl (@tonyheyl) June 24, 2014

Um, he did what? Weird phrasing “@AP: BREAKING: Methodist panel overturns decision to defrock Pennsylvania pastor who married his gay son.”

— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) June 24, 2014

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PHRASING RT @AP BREAKING: Methodist panel overturns decision to defrock Pennsylvania pastor who married his gay son.

— we declared in one voice, (@Waryeller) June 24, 2014

@AP Please rephrase this headline.

— Dani (@danilclemmons) June 24, 2014

@AP have you phrased that correctly?

— Joss Fowler (@JossNOTJosh) June 24, 2014

https://twitter.com/UniteUsAll/status/481483361928507393

https://twitter.com/nandelabra/status/481483800841437188

@hunskelper007 @AP bad wording I reckon

— 9inaRowHereWeGo (@7inaRowHereWeGo) June 24, 2014

@AP uh.

— Clive (@_RadRyan) June 24, 2014

@AP horrible headline writer

— Donnie Herneisen (@dherneisen) June 24, 2014

@SooperMexican Worst headline ever, and that's really saying something.

— It's Only Words (@itsonlywords) June 24, 2014

Yeesh. Better luck next time, AP.

Editor’s note: The headline has been amended to insert a missing word.