In case you missed yesterday's rumble in the deal jungle, New York Magazine's Daily Intel has a nice recap of the Information War between DealBreaker and DealBook. "It's like watching one of those movies where the jock taunts the nerd for the last time, causing the nerd to go ape shit and punch him in the face," Daily Intel writes about Andrew Ross Sorkin's item calling us "nuts." That isn't quite how we'd put the debate between our independent website and one owned by the New York Times. But we guess we like the implication we're the cool kids.
Update: Not really an update as much as an additional thought. What kind of freaky internet genius is Sorkin to have called us "nuts" just as the Jesse Jackson, Fox News, Barack Obama story broke?
DealBook's Andrew Ross Sorkin vs. DealBreaker's John Carney [New York Magazines]
Posted by onetwo , Jul 10, 2008 4:45PM
Not even a cursary mention? Sir ouch.
Posted by guest , Jul 10, 2008 4:48PM
You've been amazingly on point on this. Just didn't want to toot our own horn too loudly.
Posted by John Carney , Jul 10, 2008 4:50PM
Dammit. That was me above. I got logged out of my website. Someone fire the IT nerds!
Posted by guest , Jul 10, 2008 4:50PM
O'Doyle (Carney) Rules!
You just a humble motherf'er with a big ass D**k.
Posted by onetwo , Jul 10, 2008 4:57PM
haha, jc. thanks. I wasn't actually expecting one. Great work though throughout this entire "saga".
Oh, and fire the IT nerds!
Posted by guest , Jul 10, 2008 5:00PM
Don't mess with John "Carnage" Carney! He'll eff you up!
Posted by onetwo , Jul 10, 2008 5:01PM
**And i meant a mention from NY Mag, not you.
Posted by guest , Jul 10, 2008 5:42PM
I congratulate you, John, on the recognition of your prominence in the blogosphere.
Some things bother me. One is that seem to be no honest regulators at work in the federal government right now. The beat-up gang approach to prosecuting Cioffi and Tannin along with the coordinated nation-wide round-up of individuals suspected of mortgage fraud did nothing to inspire my confidence. That wasn't inspired law enforcement; that was a political show of force.
The record suggests that Christopher Cox is a weak enforcement regulator at best, and with retirement approaching, he doesn't seem to be diving into the fray with his investigators. The commodities regulators are silent in the face of repeated calls to look into manipulation in the oil and gas markets.
How are we, as investors and citizens, supposed to be able to tell that government regulators are knowledgeable about the situations and see no malfeisance, or that our government regulators are simply inept and don't have a clue as to what is going on.
Posted by Investorcluzo , Jul 10, 2008 6:12PM
@onetwo - I'll give you props for the thought leadership on this one (I know you love all the fawning). are you on the db payroll?
einhorn's book is a good read and highlights the short seller's plight. this is america people - everyone wants to believe. rooting for someone to lose is almost sacrilege. well, it's time to wake up - buy some puts, sell a call option. you'll get used to it after a while. some times the sun isn't going to come up (damn that felt good)
Posted by guest , Jul 10, 2008 6:42PM
Just catching up with this story, John.
As you are well aware, Carney, I often think you are a GOP tool, but in this area I've got your back. There's a reason its the 1st amendment. A bank leveraged 32-1 has nothing to bitch about when somebody points out the emperor may have no clothes.
Kudos.
-- Commodities desk
Posted by guest , Jul 10, 2008 9:06PM
In case you failed reading comp, Carney, you got blasted pretty good at the end of that little writeup.
Posted by chad , Jul 11, 2008 8:57AM
there's no reason bess should not have written this article you Nancy.