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MrScorpio

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29. Frankly, I DON'T think that being ignorant the fact...

Tue Sep 1, 2015, 02:45 PM

Sep 2015

...That she had previously represented Julian Assange and Yulia Tymoshenko, not to mention the fact that she had worked with Kofi Annan before, so that they could justify her being labeled as an "actor's wife," while working as lawyer in a high profile Egyptian trial, looks all that good a justification of that tweet.

Basically, putting her marriage at the center of that case speaks pretty poorly of what kind of things American readers would pay attention to in the news.

Focusing on her marriage in that trial, as a qualifier of her notoriety, diminishes her status as a human right lawyer.

Besides, if people were at all interested in finding out if she was related to George Clooney, I'm quite sure than those people would have taken the time to look her background up for themselves.

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The AP desperately needs to get its shit together and start existing in the 21st Century… [View all] MrScorpio Sep 2015 OP

AP gave themselves away when they recently purposely distorted a nuclear agreement story about Iran. Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #1

Actually, the AP is what's called a collective. calimary Sep 2015 #7

Thanks for that informative post. YoungDemCA Sep 2015 #9

Also, thanks for your background. Ron Fornier who is now head of the RW National Review erronis Sep 2015 #13

Yeah, and THAT did not surprise me one bit. calimary Sep 2015 #41

TERRIBLE news, therefore AP cant be relied on for anything...this is insane randys1 Sep 2015 #26

Working at the AP was something we all regarded as similar to being in the Army. calimary Sep 2015 #40

Thank you or sharing that with us. Wow, what an experience randys1 Sep 2015 #43

A pleasure! calimary Sep 2015 #44

It's likely she wouldn't be in the news at all TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2015 #2

you have a point treestar Sep 2015 #4

True, and very sad... Johnyawl Sep 2015 #5

Oh, wow. Baitball Blogger Sep 2015 #3

It's probably not in AP's stylebook... gregcrawford Sep 2015 #6

You can't spell 'crap' without AP. KamaAina Sep 2015 #8

LOL! Orrex Sep 2015 #11

Love that! bvf Sep 2015 #16

Let me guess... KamaAina Sep 2015 #17

LOL! --- also underpants Sep 2015 #28

I am beginning to believe it! Rex Sep 2015 #34

If you've seen one case of glaring sexism in the media, you've seen Amal. Orrex Sep 2015 #10

GatDanged lack of thumbs-up button for posts. OriginalGeek Sep 2015 #18

Maybe I should have called her 'actor's wife' in a thread title muriel_volestrangler Sep 2015 #12

I'd settle for the 20th KamaAina Sep 2015 #14

"The Little Lady" lpbk2713 Sep 2015 #15

Should Jill Biden be referred to as "Professor of English at Northern VA Community College"? Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #19

In what capacity as George Clooney's wife did Amal Clooney represent the defendant? nt MrScorpio Sep 2015 #20

If she's representing someone in court, it's pretty obvious that she's a lawyer. Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #21

Some call it "extra color" while others (more accurately) call it irrelevance. LanternWaste Sep 2015 #22

I doubt that this would even be a news story if she wasn't married to Clooney. Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #23

"Extra color?" MrScorpio Sep 2015 #24

Neither you nor I would ever have heard of her if not for her marriage to George. Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #25

Frankly, I DON'T think that being ignorant the fact... MrScorpio Sep 2015 #29

That's Dr. Biden to you. nt msanthrope Sep 2015 #38

I think it's a little pretentious for those with non-medical doctoral degrees Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #42

Woooooosh......nt msanthrope Sep 2015 #45

With all the outrageous crap that the media pulls on a daily basis tularetom Sep 2015 #27

Casual sexism... MrScorpio Sep 2015 #30

"Sheryl Sandberg's husband, Dave Goldberg, dies suddenly" Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #31

His death was announced on a Facebook post, Sheryl Sandberg's company... MrScorpio Sep 2015 #32

"John Whitman, husband of former N.J. Gov. Christie Whitman, dies" Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #33

Is there a point behind you comparing apples to oranges? MrScorpio Sep 2015 #39

First of all I have a somewhat limited capacity for worry and right now its pretty well used up tularetom Sep 2015 #36

Yeah, the fact that she changed her name to "Clooney" kind of confirms your last point (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #37

So AP Tweeted "actor's wife" instead of "human rights lawyer"....So what? red dog 1 Sep 2015 #35