Daily Beast removes Olympics Grindr article after backlash

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http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/12/media/daily-beast-olympics-article-removal/index.html

The Daily Beast says it took "an unprecedented but necessary step" by removing a controversial article from its website on Thursday night.

In the article, reporter Nico Hines -- a straight, married man -- recounted using dating apps like Tinder and the gay-oriented Grindr to meet athletes in the Olympic Village in Rio.

Headlined "The Other Olympic Sport In Rio: Swiping," the article drew angry accusations that Hines had outed gay athletes, whom he didn't identify by name, with his descriptions of them.

Slate slammed the piece as "disgusting and irresponsible," while author and gay rights activist Dan Savage called for the Olympics to revoke the reporter's press credentials.

"So... straight 'journalist' for @thedailybeast probably gonna get some gay guy killed with this piece," Savage tweeted on Thursday.

The Daily Beast initially responded to the criticism by making some changes to the article and publishing an editor's note. But it later admitted that didn't go far enough.

"We initially thought swift removal of any identifying characteristics and better clarification of our intent was the adequate way to address this," read a subsequent editor's note explaining the article's deletion. "Our initial reaction was that the entire removal of the piece was not necessary. We were wrong. We're sorry."

They should do this sort of thing with anti-gay American politicians, not for innocent athletes who might get killed by homophobes in their home countries.

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1. Exactly.

What the hell were they thinking? Seems like they weren't thinking.
You don't mess with people's lives...

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2. THAT was fucking stupid.

Zealots will be all over this shit.