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Originally Posted by MJC922

I'm guessing the posters recollection probably came from reading this article:

https://www.paulickreport.com/news/r...r-rebel-cause/

i.e. "The advent of the “here comes everybody” nature of the Internet further opened a Pandora's Box of malevolence toward Beyer.

Except if you actually read the article, I don't understand how Half Smoke could come away with that recollection:

The critics, hidden behind their computers, came in waves, and after getting a taste of them, Beyer stopped paying attention.

“My guess is plenty of journalists feel the same way,” he said. “People lurking in anonymity saying, 'This guy is an idiot.' I have my own standards. I had a sports editor who held me to high standards, a newspaper that held me to high standards. I think a lot of people in the sport viewed me as a knocker, as a negativist. There's always been a lot of stuff in horse racing in terms of honesty issues, drug issues. The game is negative, and if you're a journalist you're supposed to write about it.”

So after reading that, I come away with the notion Beyer didn't really give a shit about the negative stuff people wrote about him in the comments section. Because he just ignored it after a period of time.