Daily Beast Pulls Article Outing Gay Athletes After Criticism
Mythic douchebag and straight while male, Nico Hines recently published an article where we used Grindr to see what athletes were gay. Many people spoke out against the article which originally help details that could potentially out gay athletes in countries that Hines himself noted were still homophobic. After a ton of well-deserved criticism, The Daily Beat finally pulled the article and apologized.
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We Screwed Up. We'll Do Better.
— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) August 12, 2016
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The more I think about this story, the more horrifying it is. Truly disgusting, @thedailybeast & @NicoHines https://t.co/zdJHCzb19J
— Andrew Rannells (@AndrewRannells) August 12, 2016
As an out gay athlete from a country that is still very homophobic, @thedailybeast ought to be ashamed #deplorable https://t.co/qzS9rDFJwx
— Amini Fonua (@AminiFonua) August 11, 2016
@JohnAvlon You and Nico Hines put lives at risk for clicks. The Journalists I know fight for people, fight to make the world better.
— Michelle Clunie (@mischaclu) August 12, 2016
#Truth. Someone approved the assignment, someone did the artwork, someone edited, hit post. Team Fail, @DailyBeast. https://t.co/gUZckOjpNI
— Todd Simmons (@tmsimmons) August 12, 2016
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Who actually thought this was a good idea and why would their editors even publish this in the first place?
Completely disrespectful towards the athletes and also dangerous for those that live in homophobic countries.
This is insane...