{"id":9370,"date":"2014-06-24T11:14:22","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T19:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=9370"},"modified":"2024-05-29T17:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T01:03:29","slug":"summer-2013-flashback-usa-swimmings-big-money-pr-campaign-to-combat-perceptions-and-ward-off-congressional-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=9370","title":{"rendered":"Summer 2013 Flashback: USA Swimming&#8217;s Big-Money PR Campaign to Combat &#8216;Perceptions&#8217; and Ward Off Congressional Investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<html><body><\/p>\n<h2><a title=\"Permanent Link to EXCLUSIVE: Internal USA Swimming Memo Exposes Plan for New PR Strategy to Combat Negative 'Perceptions' of Safe Sport Program\" href=\"https:\/\/concussioninc.net\/?p=7955\" rel=\"bookmark\">EXCLUSIVE: Internal USA Swimming Memo Exposes Plan for New PR Strategy to Combat Negative &#8216;Perceptions&#8217; 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