{"id":42666,"date":"2016-08-11T12:25:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/everyones-pissed-at-this-straight-journalist-who-used-grindr-to-out-gay-athletes-in-rio\/"},"modified":"2016-08-11T12:25:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T16:25:58","slug":"everyones-pissed-at-this-straight-journalist-who-used-grindr-to-out-gay-athletes-in-rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/everyones-pissed-at-this-straight-journalist-who-used-grindr-to-out-gay-athletes-in-rio\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone\u2019s Pissed At This Straight Journalist Who Used Grindr To Out Gay Athletes In Rio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Everyone\u2019s Pissed At This Straight Journalist Who Used Grindr To Out Gay Athletes In Rio<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/08\/11113131\/Nico-Hines-backlash-670x499.png\" alt=\"Nico-Hines-backlash\" width=\"650\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/08\/11113131\/Nico-Hines-backlash-670x499.png 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/08\/11113131\/Nico-Hines-backlash-360x268.png 360w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/08\/11113131\/Nico-Hines-backlash.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>A straight journalist&nbsp;is under fire for using Grindr to&nbsp;essentially&nbsp;out closeted <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> athletes in Rio.<\/p>\n<p>Nico Hines has been&nbsp;covering the&nbsp;Olympics&nbsp;for the <em>Daily Beast<\/em>. As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2016\/08\/11\/i-got-three-grindr-dates-in-an-hour-in-the-olympic-village.html\" target=\"_blank\">part of his reporting<\/a>, he thought it would be&nbsp;hilarious&nbsp;to create a fake profile on&nbsp;the dating app&nbsp;then&nbsp;see&nbsp;just how many <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>&nbsp;athletes were&nbsp;cruising for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> between games.<\/p>\n<p>Hines was shocked to learn that&nbsp;Rio has become, in his words, &ldquo;a hotbed of partying athletes, hookups, and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>.&rdquo; Particularly&nbsp;<em><a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>&ldquo;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/watch-ad-championing-transgender-athlete-drops-olympics-20160809\" target=\"_blank\">Watch: Ad Championing Transgender Athlete Chris Mosier Drops During Olympics<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While&nbsp;he&nbsp;didn&rsquo;t&nbsp;<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> out any&nbsp;of the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> by name, Hines did share quite a bit of identifying information about them, including the sports they played and the countries they were from:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Athlete profiles on the various apps during my short exploration included a Brazilian track star, an Italian volleyball player, a South American record-holder in the pool, a sailor from New Zealand, a British diver, and a handball player from a notoriously homophobic country,&rsquo; he&nbsp;wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, a lot of&nbsp;people weren&rsquo;t pleased with Hines&rsquo; stunt, calling&nbsp;it homophobic, irresponsible, disrespectful, and dishonest:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicoHines\">@NicoHines<\/a> basically just outed a bunch of athletes in his quest to write a shitty <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thedailybeast\">@thedailybeast<\/a> article where he admitted to entrapment<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gus Kenworthy (@guskenworthy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guskenworthy\/status\/763720503806746624\">August 11, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can someone .<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thedailybeast\">@thedailybeast<\/a> please explain why on Earth&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicoHines\">@NicoHines<\/a> dangerous &amp; homophobic article was commissioned let alone published?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Coveney (@nmjcoveney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nmjcoveney\/status\/763691239552188416\">August 11, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unless queer outing is now an Olympic sport, can we just all agree that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicoHines\">@NicoHines<\/a> piece is outright homophobia? Needs to be withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joshua Dixon (@JoshDixonTweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshDixonTweets\/status\/763670557766389761\">August 11, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exploiting LGBTI lives for amusement is trash &#8220;journalism&#8221; at best and extremely dangerous at worst. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Shameonyou?src=hash\">#Shameonyou<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thedailybeast\">@thedailybeast<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicoHines\">@NicoHines<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; itsonlyzach (@itsonlyzach) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsonlyzach\/status\/763726508917661696\">August 11, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicoHines\">@NicoHines<\/a> &#8216;story&#8217; on Grindr and the olympics village is not journalism. It&#8217;s trashy at best and incredibly dangerous at worst.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stewart McDonald MP (@StewartMcDonald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StewartMcDonald\/status\/763694805939519488\">August 11, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bobby Finger at&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/jezebel.com\/straight-daily-beast-reporter-fascinated-by-men-who-fuc-1785146830\" target=\"_blank\">Jezebel<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>called the article a &ldquo;breathlessly written account of someone who appears to think <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> is as mysterious as the prehistoric origins of Tilda Swinton.&rdquo; And&nbsp;Mark Joseph Stern at&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/future_tense\/2016\/08\/11\/the_daily_beast_s_olympics_grindr_stunt_is_dangerous_and_unethical.html\" target=\"_blank\">Slate<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>called it &ldquo;a uniquely disgusting and irresponsible entry into the tired genre,&rdquo; accusing Hines of taking pleasure in &ldquo;luring in these Olympians then outing them to all the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But the offensive purpose of Hines&rsquo; article is really the least of its problems,&rdquo; Stern adds. &ldquo;Far worse is the actual damage it will likely cause to real, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">live<\/a> human beings&mdash;inevitable consequences that Hines blithely ignored.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That outrage sparked the&nbsp;<em>Daily Beast<\/em> to update&nbsp;Hines&rsquo;&nbsp;article by&nbsp;removing the athletes&rsquo; identifiable information and issuing a statement that reads, in part:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>A number of readers complained to The Daily Beast after the publication of the original iteration of this story. We take such complaints seriously because a central part of The Daily Beast&rsquo;s mission is to fight for full equality and equal treatment for LGBT people around the world. Publishing an article that in any way could be seen as homophobic is contrary to our mission.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Some readers have read Nico as mocking or <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a>-shaming those on Grindr. We do not feel he did this in any way. However, The Daily Beast understands that others may have interpreted the piece differently.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i>Accordingly, we have made some editorial changes to the article, responding to readers&rsquo; concerns, and are again sorry for any upset the original version of this piece inspired.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For his part, Hines has yet to respond to the controversy.&nbsp;But he did&nbsp;tweet about the long lines at McDonald&rsquo;s in Rio yesterday:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Little bit of rain won&#8217;t put these athletes off the huge snaking McDonald&#8217;s line. True Olympians <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zhYD6KUpCm\">pic.twitter.com\/zhYD6KUpCm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nico Hines (@NicoHines) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicoHines\/status\/763466418323161089\">August 10, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/2016\/08\/said-yes-rio-volunteer-pops-question-olympian-girlfriend\/?utm_source=queerty&amp;utm_medium=directlink&amp;utm_campaign=directlink&amp;utm_content=She+Said+%E2%80%98YES%21%E2%80%99+Rio+Volunteer+Pops+Question+To+Her+Olympian+Girlfriend\" target=\"_blank\">She Said &lsquo;YES!&rsquo; Rio Volunteer Pops Question To Her Olympian Girlfriend<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=s06fJ2Ee5ws:QDCKwCWoSPw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=s06fJ2Ee5ws:QDCKwCWoSPw:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/queerty2\/~3\/s06fJ2Ee5ws\/everyones-pissed-straight-journalist-used-grindr-gay-athletes-rio-20160811\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/queerty2\/~3\/s06fJ2Ee5ws\/everyones-pissed-straight-journalist-used-grindr-gay-athletes-rio-20160811<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone\u2019s Pissed At This Straight Journalist Who Used Grindr To Out Gay Athletes In Rio A straight journalist&nbsp;is under fire for using Grindr to&nbsp;essentially&nbsp;out closeted <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> athletes in Rio. Nico Hines has been&nbsp;covering the&nbsp;Olympics&nbsp;for the Daily Beast. As part of his reporting, he thought it would be&nbsp;hilarious&nbsp;to create a fake profile on&nbsp;the dating app&nbsp;then&nbsp;see&nbsp;just how &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/everyones-pissed-at-this-straight-journalist-who-used-grindr-to-out-gay-athletes-in-rio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Everyone\u2019s Pissed At This Straight Journalist Who Used Grindr To Out Gay Athletes In Rio<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Everyone\u2019s Pissed At This Straight Journalist Who Used Grindr To Out Gay Athletes In Rio - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/everyones-pissed-at-this-straight-journalist-who-used-grindr-to-out-gay-athletes-in-rio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Everyone\u2019s Pissed At This Straight Journalist Who Used Grindr To Out Gay Athletes In Rio - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Everyone\u2019s Pissed At This Straight Journalist Who Used Grindr To Out Gay Athletes In Rio A straight journalist&nbsp;is under fire for using Grindr to&nbsp;essentially&nbsp;out closeted gay athletes in Rio. 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