U S A SWIMMING SMACKS DOWN MUCHNICK

“I certainly violated common corporate journalistic convention by deciding to publish names of minors.”
    
     -- Irvin Muchnick



Just for a moment, let's put aside the fact that Irvin Muchnick destroyed a class action settlement that would have paid freelance writers millions of dollars and focus on his failed new endeavor as a blogger.

A recent public relations statement by U S A Swimming supported a greater cooperation with "legitimate media," while stressing a policy of not responding to "personal bloggers."

As the few people who read him are aware, that was a direct smack down of failed writer Irvin Muchnick  Muchnick, who was recently sued by a minor for defamation and invasion of privacy, made sure that aspiring, responsible bloggers would get no assistance with stories about U S A Swimming.

Muchnick, in a desperate attempt to attract attention, has wildly tossed out vicious theories about the sport of swimming without any tangible proof.  He routinely takes minute facts and twists them into wild stories of sexual abuse.  Muchnick is a perfect example of all that is wrong with internet journalism.

Muchnick has been wrong about everything he has ever written about.  What makes him so dangerous is that he couches his bogus opinions as facts.

Again, if he wasn't responsible for taking money out of my pocket by destroying the settlement, I would have stayed as far away from this person as humanly possible.   But his total disregard for people makes it my duty to inform the world of his irresponsibility.

If you look back at this blog's sister twitter site, @notirvmuchnick, you can verify that everything I have said about him has turned out to be 90 per cent accurate, including the lawsuit.

His latest claim is that California Representative George Miller is going to conduct public hearings on the "corruption" at U S A Swimming.  The fact is that Miller will meet with the representatives of U S A Swimming's Safe Sport program and that will be the end of it.  Mark  my words:  THERE WILL BE NO CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF THIS PHANTOM PROBLEM.

Of course, that will not stop Muchnick.  He'll continue to write innuendo as fact and his opinion as the truth.  There will be another lawsuit in his future.  He can't help himself.

Here is the latest blog from U S A Swimming on the subject.  Enjoy the truth, for a change.

http://usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=0&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en&ItemId=5485&mid=12660