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After severe backlash, Gawker takes down post outing media executive<\/b><\/p>\n

Gawker has taken down a controversial article<\/a> that outed a magazine executive and accused him of attempting to hire a gay<\/a> porn star for sex<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The website, whose founder and managing editor Nick Denton is an openly gay<\/a> man<\/a>, was widely attacked for posting the article which involves a Condé Nast executive who is married to a woman<\/a> and has children.<\/p>\n

‘It is a decision I regret,’ Denton wrote in a post Friday<\/a> (17 July).<\/p>\n

Gay Star News has chosen to keep anonymous of the executive whose only connection to the public eye is having a brother who was a former official in the Obama administration.<\/p>\n

Denton acknowledged the criticism of the piece from readers has been intense and some of the site’s own writers ‘are equally appalled.’<\/p>\n

‘Gawker is no longer the insolent blog that began in 2003,’ he writes. ‘It does important and interesting journalism about politicians, celebrities and other major public figures. This story … does not rise to the level that our flagship site should be publishing.’<\/p>\n

Jordan Sargent, who wrote the story, posted screenshots of text messages and photos of the two agreeing to meet for sex<\/a> until the porn star realized the man<\/a>’s brother could help him out with a discrimination lawsuit against his landlord. Realizing what could happen, the executive then backed out of the deal. The porn star then went to Gawker and was given anonymity.<\/p>\n

Writes Denton: ‘It is the first time we have removed a significant news story for any reason other than factual error or legal settlement.<\/p>\n

‘Every story is a judgment call<\/a>. As we go forward, we will hew to our mission of reporting and publishing important stories that our competitors are too timid, or self-consciously upright, to pursue. There will always be stories that critics attack as inappropriate or unjustified; and we will no doubt again offend the sensibilities of some industries or interest groups.’<\/p>\n

The post After severe backlash, Gawker takes down post outing media executive<\/a> appeared first on Gay Star News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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