This Tells You All You’ll Need to Know About USA Swimming’s Whining About the Upcoming Article on Sex Abuse/Cover-Up in Outside Magazine
USA Swimming Gets A Head Start on Damage Control for a Long Article on Sex Abuse and Cover-Up, “Unprotected,” in the December Issue of Outside Magazine
November 5, 2014Miami Herald’s Jack Nelson Obit Doesn’t Mention Diana Nyad Abuse Allegations. Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel’s Does.
November 6, 2014USA Swimming president Jim Sheehan: “USA Swimming’s Communications team worked with the Outside magazine reporter …”
Outside executive editor Alex Heard: “Wow. We tried many times to get USA Swimming’s Chuck Wielgus to discuss the story’s allegations with our writer. We were told Wielgus and the organization were too busy dealing with media calls about Michael Phelps’s DUI.”