he was no longer going to comment on anything posted on the message board"
No, that wasn't Bleckman. That was mide who claimed that Bleckman said that.
But remember, it was mide who posted information from Bleckman before only to have Bleckman tell someone else that "he (mide) must have been confused" and that Bleckman didn't say what mide attributed to him.
yep, mide has an inside source for information . . .