What? No Settlement? Shocking!

 "I am the father of two sons and two daughters with child-rearing costs. The main benefit to me of an improved settlement in this case is that my dear wife of 20 years might stop reminding me of what a worthless piece of garbage I am."

        -- Irvin Muchnick Declaration 2006


As a Cat Stevens lyric goes--"The seconds tick the time down."

We approach the September 30 deadline for a revised settlement in the Freelance writers class action suit and there is nothing but a deafening silence.  As written here since the inception of this blog, there was never ANY chance of a new settlement. 

Evil blight Irvin Muchnick started this mess eight years ago when he objected to a fair settlement that would have paid millions of dollars to thousands of writers, many of whom are now unemployed.  The vast majority in the class were happy with the settlement.  Muchnick fought his way through the legal system and "won" his point on a technicality years later.  By winning, freelance writers lost big time.  And this maniac has the gall to call his website "Freelance Rights."

Muchnick is so out of touch with reality that he claimed the value of the settlement to be anywhere from $600 million to $2.6 billion.  Years later, the idiot was willing to back a revised settlement that would have paid just about the $18 million dollar amount of the original settlement.

Of course, any rational person knew that the publishers and defendants really have no incentive to settle this matter now, years down the road.  The value of the illegally re-used articles have been reduced significantly. 

I thank the people who have read my blogs for their support.  If I can prevent one person from ever dealing with Muchnick, it will have been worth the effort.

Muchnick, who recently was forced to settle a defamation suit from a 17-year-old minor, is pure evil.  Stay away from him, AT ALL COSTS. 

SIDE NOTE--Muchnick recently claimed to have passed 3 million page views on his blog.  Using his accounting method, we're proud to announce our 1 billionth page view yesterday.

Update October 1--The deadline has now come and gone.  Apparently there is a new deadline of October 15.  How long will this sadistic game drag on?  I know there will be no revised settlement, but how many writers are being strung along with false hope?  Every passing week brings a smile to failed writer Muchnick.  To the attorney handling the alleged new settlement--just cut everyone loose already.  False hope is so much worse than no hope.  All you're doing is allowing Muchnick to revel in his sociopathic glee.

More Muchnick Delusions

Irvin Muchnick woke up absolutely giddy this morning when he discovered that U S A Swimming Safe Sport is following his Twitter feed.  He immediately speculated that the swimming organization would now begin responding to his inquiries.

This demonstrates how far the failed writer is out of touch with reality.  In the same way a doctor would monitor a virus that invades the body, Safe Sport is simply keeping an eye and ear to an irritant.

There is no way U S A Swimming will ever (and should ever) respond to this publicity seeking hack.  If you were in their shoes, would you acknowledge someone who accused one of your members of a heinous sexual assault?  And a 17 year old, to boot?  Easy answer, but one that Muchnick can't comprehend.

From the Mind of Irvin Muchnick

It's interesting to note that Irvin Muchnick, the exemplification of virtue, went back through his Freelance Blog and removed all the negative comments dating back to 2005.  We're still trying to locate some of those astute observations concerning failed writer Muchnick and will post when available.

In the meantime, enjoy this tidbit from mid-2006 entitled "DECLARATION OF IRVIN MUCHNICK IN OPPOSITION TO FINAL SETTLEMENT APPROVAL"

 "I am the father of two sons and two daughters with child-rearing costs. The main benefit to me of an improved settlement in this case is that my dear wife of 20 years might stop reminding me of what a worthless piece of garbage I am."

Never have truer words been spoken.  The above quote is not made up.  It is from the horse's (or in this case ass's) mouth.

Let the Excuses Begin

Failed writer Irvin Muchnick is already formulating his excuses as to why Congressman George Miller will soon discontinue his "investigation" into U S A Swimming.

Muchnick, who recently settled a defamation lawsuit with a 17 year old minor, is laying the groundwork by saying the investigation is in a "lull" period while the Congressman builds a case against the famed swimming organization.

As we have said time and time again, this "investigation" will peter out, just like all of Muchnick's stories.  And that's what they are really; stories.  Muchnick is like an ambulance-chasing attorney without an ABA license.  His entire modus operandi is to find plaintiffs, who stand to win money in court, or enemies of his targets who have an axe to grind.

There is never balanced reporting.  He is unable to see more than one side.  That's why I continue to peg him as a failed writer.  Unfortunately, I was in his line of fire.  He destroyed a class action settlement eight years ago that would have paid millions to freelance writers.  I have since made it my life's work to provide everyone in his target range a copy of the lawsuit against him.  Knowledge is the best weapon.

The Plight of The Stupid

“We will continue our current media relations strategy of working with legitimate media sources and not engaging with personal bloggers.”

   --USA Swimming


Poor moron failed writer Irvin Muchnick.

Last week was the much-anticipated (by Muchnick) meeting between the staff of Congressman George Miller and members of U S A Swimming's Safe Sport program.

It is rare that anyone responds to any of Muchnick's questions, but Miller's staff did just that.  Muchnick came out of his hole a day later glowing about how Miller is going to follow up on the swimming "scandals." 

The idiot Muchnick has no idea he was being patronized.  Just read the responses by Miller's staff if you want a good chuckle.  Anyone who knows the smallest thing about publicity and marketing will recognize their responses as doublespeak for "yeah, we'll get right on that."

Muchnick has written scores of open letters and emails which have gotten zero responses, so when somebody actually answers him, he's willing to believe anything.

As predicted, there will be no Congressional investigation and no public hearings.  End of story.

Not only is he wrong about everything, but anyone who has ever met him hates his guts.  It sucks to be Muchnick.