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Reporter Uses Grindr To Out Olympic Athletes

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August 12, 2016

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A Daily Beast editor used Grindr to find gay Olympic athletes, and them gutted them in an article. Ana Kasparian, Samantha Schacher, Kenny Hamilton, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

“This is how not to arrange a Grindr hookup.

Early on Thursday, The Daily Beast published an article by London editor Nico Hines in which he "reported" on his use of Grindr at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Hines is a straight man, and the article is an unethical mess.

Hines, who is married with children, included the heights, weights and countries of origin of several athletes whom he arranged dates with in the piece. That he saw this as no big deal is a huge problem and shows that he is blind to his own privilege by writing it.

Putting an Olympian's stats next to their country of origin endangers the well-being of that person, especially when one athlete was from Central Asia, a region in which LGBT people are "marginalized, criminalized, and are exposed to high levels of violence, harassment and discrimination," according to one U.S. congressman's testimony.”

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Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Samantha Schacher, Kenny Hamilton

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