Service Advisory, fraud edition

It has been brought to my atten­tion, via cir­cum­stances too unpleas­ant to get into, that an indi­vidu­al pre­tend­ing to be me recently left an incred­ibly abus­ive com­ment at the Première.com web­site, spew­ing verbal bile at its edit­or, Gene Newman, and oth­er such nasty stuff. I’ve had pub­lic sparring-type exchanges with Newman in the far past, but I have also gone on record as say­ing he’s a good guy, and that I bear him no ill will. And the fact is, I can­’t remem­ber the last time I even looked at the Première web­site before this sup­posed com­ment from me was brought to my atten­tion. I under­stand that, giv­en my volu­bil­ity and tend­ency toward the opin­ion­ated, I’m easy to “par­ody” in this way, but hon­estly, the deleted com­ment does­n’t read like any­thing I’d put my name to, drunk or sober…which is only apt, because I did­n’t write it. The jerkoff who imper­son­ated me on Twitter is one thing (I don’t know if that per­son’s still at it, as I ran scream­ing from Twitter almost as soon as I signed on to it), but this is wholly anoth­er. Like Iago said, he who steals from my purse steals trash…but he who filches from me my good name (such as it is, I hasten to add) robs me of that which not enriches him, and makes me poor indeed. I’m enraged, and am seek­ing a way to do some­thing about it. If any­one has a clue who’s behind this, I’d be grate­ful to be con­tac­ted, although not in com­ments; get to me via the email address on my “About” page. Thanks.