Sorel Mizzi alias "imper1um"

You know what really grinds my gears?
Journalists who manufacture opinions about people they write about without merit.

I have recently discovered that a Poker Player Magazine "journalist" named Jennifer Newell has written numerous online articles and blog posts regarding my account buying debacle. This is all fine and well within her right as a poker reporter, but what particularly grinds my gears, is that without having even met me she has decided to invent certain characterizations about me in a June 23, 2008 article in Poker Player Newspaper entitled "Bodog Signs Reformed Justin Bonomo" by Jennifer Newell.

Newell states, ''Players like Mizzi seem to expect immediate acceptance of whatever apology is issued, and they come to tournaments as cocky and full of themselves as ever.''

I found it really amusing to be classified as a "cocky" big-headed individual when I have gone out of my way to be respectful and courteous at the poker tournaments I am involved in. The "journalist" labeled me without having even met me and had no basis for her opinion.

After reading the article, I promised myself that I would ask Jennifer about her accusations and get her side of the story as her comments totally caught me off guard. Two days later, I managed to find her at a the World Series of Poker and I politely and respectfully confronted her about the issue, asking her what exactly she based her comments on regarding my conduct at the tables. She simply looked at me and stuttered, failing to come up with any basis, and obviously being put in an embarrassing situation of being called out on her content-filling "creative-journalism". She tried to make the excuse that she thought I came across that way in my blog, but then retracted that as not being the real reason. Finally she said she saw my point, and I then asked for her to issue an apology. I gave her my number and she said she would talk to her coworkers and get back to me. I have never heard back from her.

Reviewing the other articles/posts that Newell has written about me, I definitely notice an undertone of sarcasm and general dislike towards me. She has taken this to a personal level which I do not think is called for.

Although I know an apology is unlikely I just wanted to air my views because Jennifer, you really grind my gears.

P.S. I really hope we can put all this behind us. I have no objection to freedom of speech and with such a nice head shot photo, I would feel heart-broken if we didn't at least eDate