Foolishness Alert: Johnny Weir is an Evil Foreign Agent from Mother Russia!

I read this article on AmericaBlog about Johnny Weir and basically, it's interesting.

Here's a piece of it:

NBC Sports recently hired former professional figure skater Johnny Weir to provide commentary on the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, without disclosing that Weir claims to be an agent of the very country he’s covering for NBC – Russia.

Johnny Weir’s bio says he “works” with the Russian consulate in NYC

Journalist Andy Humm recently discovered Weir’s, and NBC’s, apparent conflict of interest while reviewing Weir’s bio (which has suddenly been removed post-publication of this story) at Premiere Speakers Bureau. Weir’s bio reads in part:

Due to his ability to understand global art and culture and his sporting expertise, Weir has recently begun working as a Goodwill Sports Ambassador to Japan and also works with the Russian Children’s Welfare Society and Russian Consulate in New York City.

Funny, because AmericaBlog claims that Johnny works for the Russian Consulate, even though both bios says he worked WITH, not FOR them.

Anywho,  this is PSB website with Johnny's bio:

Then they took it down. Possibly, after hearing how this page branded Johnny as a RUSSIA DOUBLE AGENT.  No, actually, they recognized it as a typo and took it down. However, if anyone bothered to check out JW's website, you will see what he actually does with Russian Consulate:

Russian Children’s Welfare Society. In collaboration with the General Consulate of the Russian Federation in New York, RCWS hosted its annual Benefit Gala in September 2010 in New York City, with Johnny among the celebrity guests in attendance to support the charity. Proceeds from the event were used to purchase sports equipment for orphanages in Russia as well as to support other RCWS efforts.

Go here, to see the gala he was involved with. Now, many folks jumped to conclusions and called Johnny all types of names. But the sad part is, they did it without knowing everything or the truth. As some folks know AmericaBlog is good for race baiting and misinformation. However, this particular post was a prime example of assumption making and bad research.

Luckily, folks are questioning AmericaBlog's article and calling them out for this mess. But really, this type of foolishness is getting out of hand. I'm not a super fan of Johnny Weir, but if you going to come for him, use facts not fiction.