>> THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS CATCHING SOME HEAT FOR THE
WAY THEY TWEETED ABOUT AMAL CLOONEY, A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
WHO CONTINUES TO BE REFERRED TO AS GEORGE CLOONEY'S WIFE.
THE TWEETS SAID THE FOLLOWING, "AMAL CLOONEY, ACTOR'S
WIFE, REPRESENTING AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST ACCUSED IN EGYPT
OF TIES TO EXTREMISTS."
PEOPLE SAW THAT AND WERE NOT PLEASED BECAUSE SHE WAS
REFERRED TO AN ACTOR'S WIFE AS OPPOSED TO A HUMAN RIGHTS
ACTIVIST OR LAWYER.
THE STORY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GEORGE CLOONEY AT ALL.
BUT PEOPLE DECIDED TO CALL THE AP OUT ON THIS.
HERE'S WHAT THEY SAID, "FIXED IT FOR YOU."
BUT SOME PEOPLE DECIDED TO MAKE THE CHANGE BEFORE THE AP.
ANOTHER PERSON SAYS, "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."
THERE MIGHT BE SOME DISAGREEMENT HERE.
FOR THE MOST PART, I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
I DON'T THINK THEY WERE EXPLICITLY OVERTLY SEXIST.
I THINK WHAT THEY TRIED TO DO HERE IS GET AS MANY PEOPLE
TO CLICK ON THE LINK.
THE WAY YOU DO IT IS BY APPEALING TO PEOPLE'S
OBSESSION WITH CELEBRITY.
THAT IS WHY THEY DID IT.
I DON'T THINK THEY TRIED TO BE SEXIST.
WHEN IT COMES TO AMAL CLOONEY, THE GENERAL COVERAGE WAS
THAT HERE IS THIS WOMAN AND SHE IS REALLY HOT.
AGAIN, SHE IS A LEGENDARY HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER AND SHE IS
INCREDIBLY INTELLIGENT, COURAGEOUS, AND SUCCESSFUL.
THAT IS WHAT SHE SHOULD BE REFERRED TO BUT OFTENTIMES
SHE IS BELITTLED AS SOMEONE'S WIFE.
>>I THINK EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS TRUE.
I WONDER IF US THREE COULD TAKE FIVE MINUTES, AND NAME OTHER
HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS?
THAT IS WHY THEY HAD TO PUT CLOONEY'S WIFE.
>> BUT AT THIS POINT EVERYONE KNOWS.
>>
IT WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE A STORY IF SHE WAS NOT CLOONEY'S WIFE.
BUT WOULD AS MANY PEOPLE CLICK ON IT?
NO.
>> THIS STORY IS BEING REPORTED.
>>BUT I AM SAYING ñ WHENEVER SHE IS BROUGHT UP, WHY HASN'T
THE AP COVERED OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS.
THEY ONLY COVER THE ONES THAT ARE HIGH PROFILE AND FAMOUS.
>> ASIDE FROM AMAL CLOONEY BEING INVOLVED, THERE ARE TWO
JOURNALISTS THAT ARE ARE NOW IMPRISONED IN EGYPT AND WE
NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
>> THE AP, THEY DECIDED THAT IN ORDER TO UP THEIR CLICKS
THEY DECIDED TO DISMISS A HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED WOMAN IN FAVOR
OF CELEBRITY SO THEY CAN SELL A FEW MORE BARS OF SOAP.
INSTEAD OF DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD'VE DONE WHICH WAS
RELY ON THE FACT THAT THIS IS A ñ
THEY ARE THE AP, THEY ARE NOT SOME SMALL TIME ñ
WHAT THEY SHOULD'VE DONE ñ WELL, IF YOU WERE NOT INFORMED, MAYBE
YOU GIVE A SHIT IF YOU KNOW THIS IS GEORGE CLOONEY'S WIFE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW BILL CLINTON'S WIFE REACTS TO THIS.
>> WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE REFER TO HILLARY
AS BILL CLINTON'S WIFE.
>> LOOK, I TOTALLY GET IF YOU BELIEVED THAT PUTTING IT
LIKE THAT DEMEANS HER.
SHOULD IT?
NO, I THINK THE FAULT IS PEOPLE THAT CLICK ON THINGS WITH THAT.
I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE CASE, BUT THAT IS THE CASE.
>> IT DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE THIS IS SEXISM AND FITS INTO THE
PATTERN OF DEMEANING WOMEN, BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT IF
THERE WAS A REAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER WHO HAPPENED TO BE
MARRIED TO JENNIFER LAWRENCE, THEY WOULD REFER TO HIM AS
JENNIFER LAWRENCE'S HUSBAND.
>> AND IF THERE WAS A HISTORY OF MARGINALIZING WOMEN BECAUSE
THEY WERE MARRIED TO ACCOMPLISHED MEN ñ
>> THEN THEY WOULD STILL DO IT REGARDLESS OF THE PATTERN.
>> I LOOK AT THE AP TO SET THE STANDARD FOR JOURNALISM.
>> I'M NOT SAYING WHAT THEY DID WAS WRONG.
>> EVERYONE KNOWS WHY THEY DO IT.
THE AP IS NOT FOX NEWS.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS IN THE
COUNTRY.
BY THE WAY, IT IS A WIRE SERVICE SO EVERYONE ELSE IN THE
MEDIA TAKES THEIR NEWS AND THEN REPORTS IT.
IF THEY ARE SETTING THE STANDARD IN THAT WAY, I THINK THAT
ACTUALLY DOES A HUGE DISSERVICE IN THE WORLD OF MEDIA.
IT'S A BAD EXAMPLE.
HERE'S THE THING, I GET IT.
I GET THAT IS WHY SHE HAS A HUGE PROFILE.
AT THIS POINT, WE ALL KNOW WHO SHE IS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP
REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT SHE IS MARRIED TO CLOONEY.
I THINK THAT IS THE REASON WHY IT RUBBED PEOPLE THE WRONG WAY.
WE ALL KNOW WHY THEY DID IT.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DID NOT DO IT TO BE SEXIST OR DEMEAN HER.
THEY DID IT BECAUSE THEY WANTED THE CLICKS.
>> THEY KNOW THAT, BUT THEY DON'T FINISH IT.
>> IT'S GOOD FOR THE BUSINESS, LET'S KEEP IT REAL.