Gasparino vs. Sorkin

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We've spoken a lot about the analysts who have fared well in the crisis, the likes of Meredith Whitney and Richard Bove. We've also spoken about the CEOs who have risen, Jaime Dimon and Lloyd Blankfein. But what about the Wall Street reporters? Two of the biggest Charles Gasparino, of CNBC fame, and Andrew Ross Sorkin, of New York Times fame, have penned much anticipated books--and they are not on good terms with each another at the moment.

Gasparino has taken issue with a scene in Sorkin's book in which Blankfein turns off CNBC in disgust over "what he believed was Charlie Gasparino's 'rumor-mongering.'" Gasparino has asked Sorkin to retract the mention.

Now Sorkin's own colleagues may have some issues. The New York Post reports that some of fellow Times reporters don't consider him a team player and think of him as "an apologist for everyone on Wall Street who created this mess." This of course could be sour grapes. Which go hand in hand with great success. As for Gasparino, he's been hit with three tweets from a well known blogger who got a copy of his book. Gasparino termed the tweets weird

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