no need for a citation, as anything ELO does that can be used against him is blown out of any proportion in the press, and this is a completly self evident reality, so n number of incidents multiplied by a rabid anti elo press prodcluces a haze, through which even elo, could shoot at his own stuff, and shrug
given the cynisism and mountains of false news, that fog becomes tricky to figure out, and so ends up as a pivot point for those who are looking for new tactical advantages.