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'We Screwed Up:' Daily Beast Finally Yanked Article that Outed Closeted Olympians

'We Screwed Up:' Daily Beast Finally Yanked Article that Outed Closeted Olympians

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After editing out details that could endanger the lives of athletes from nations where being gay is punishable by death, the editors issued an apology, then decided to withdraw the article altogether.

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