RIO DE JANEIRO — The Daily Beast has withdrawn a story that prompted ire of many readers, complaining that it could have outed gay athletes at the Rio Games. The story's removal from the site Thursday night came hours after the editor-in-chief for the publication apologized for the article, which was first revised before being taken down
Daily Beast Withdraws Story Potentially Outing Gay Athletes At Rio Games
A reporter for the Daily Beast said in the story that he got three dates in his first hour of trying and also detailed what some men wrote on their profiles on Grindr, a popular gay dating app.