Author William Cohan has a column out today in which he claims CNBC on-air editor-cum-Dealbreaker mascot Charlie Gasparino called him a “crook,” twice, during an appearance on the network in February. We just spoke to Chaz and he claims: not so! Sort of! Here’s the deal: Gaspo did use the c-word, but he says Cohan takes it out of context in the column. According to CG, during the show, Billy had suggested that “all bankers are crooks,” as it relates to huge bonuses not necessarily tied to their firms’ performances. So, by that logic, Charles wondered aloud if when Cohan was a banker (first at Lazard, then at JPMorgan), he himself was a crook. Obviously, CG went on.
“This is yet another example of how this guy Cohan is a danger to journalism. He gets the context wrong with an alarming frequency. I understand maybe in this guy’s wet dreams while he was a banker, he wanted to be a reporter, but being a reporter is hard work. It almost seems like he actively tries to not get stuff right. He is so sloppy.”
Judge for yourself. Whichever side you take, I think we can all agree that Dennis Kneale needs to be taken out back:
Return of the Chaz
There goes CG, showing how jacked and tan he is.
“this guy Cohan”
Equinox couldn’t pay for better advertising than this. What a fine specimen.
Porker Stansberry
Perhaps Chaz has really been taking time off to get physically enhanced a la Erin Burnett …
Charlie is to Cohan as Boar’s Head is to Applegate Farms.
Who can argue with that?
“maybe in this guy’s wet dreams”
why does he always have to go there?
Well Cohan got great reviews for his book “House of Cards” as for example:
“Engrossing….[Cohan] gives us in these pages a chilling, almost minute-by-minute account of the 10, vertigo-inducing days that one year ago revealed Bear Stearns to be a flimsy house of cards in a perfect storm….He does a deft job of explicating the underlying reasons that put Bear Stearns in peril in the first place….turns complex Wall Street maneuverings into high drama that is gripping — and almost immediately comprehensible — to the lay reader….riveting, edge-of-the-seat reading”
–Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
“Cohan vividly documents the mix of arrogance, greed, recklessness, and pettiness that took down the 86 year old brokerage house and then the entire economy. It’s a page-turner in the tradition of the 1990 Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Heylar, offering both a seemingly comprehensive understanding of the business and wide access to insiders….hard to put down, especially thanks to its dishy, often profane, quotes from insiders” –BusinessWeek
“Masterfully reported….[Cohan] has turned into one of our most able financial journalists….he deploys not only his hands-on experience of this exotic corner of the financial industry but also a remarkable gift for plain-spoken explanation…the other great strength of this important book is the breadth and skill of the author’s interviews…Cohan does a brilliant job of sketching in the eccentric, vulgar, greedy, profane and coarse individuals who ignored all these warnings to their own profit and the ruin of so many others. It’s impossible to do justice to his reportorial detail in a brief review…” — Los Angeles Times
“A riveting blow-by-blow account of the days leading up to the government-backed shotgun wedding (to JPM).” — The Economist
“A masterly reconstruction of Bear Stearns implosion–a tumultuous episode in Wall Street history that still reverberates throughout our economy today….meticulous reporting…..first drafts of history don’t get much better than this” –Bloomberg
Do I sense some jealousy from the gasman?
I am pounding my secretary in her ass while I type this.
Is it me, or is Rebecca Jarvis looking quite fuckable today.
I think Becky Quick’s lazy browneye just winked at me.
the whole shitshow can be traced to Erin Callan and Gasbag having a pipe-off ie who has the beefiest biceps. Callan’s ham sized arms scared off the equity that would have saved LEH
“wet dream” “sloppy”…I think CG’s gotta crush.
Was it ever confirmed that Burnett had a boob job?
@14 — yeah, she had the “Moody’s Special” — from A to A+, so it’s hard to tell clothed.
I appreciate it though…
Didn’t read House of Cards, but The Last Tycoons was pretty good. I don’t think Gasbags is capable of anything approaching that level of writing.
what are Chucky’s wet dreams about, one wonders (being a banker, perhaps?)
@14 FTW !!
Chaz-Bag and Kneale are sorry plebeians compared to William Cohan. That was just sad to watch.
@ 14
Burnett is NOT that type of woman who will do anything stupid just to please a man. She is already a gift. What else can a man ask for?
She won’t get a boob job because she doesn’t need to impress a man by a pair of parachute ..oh I meant fake fluffy boobs!
-ErinBurnettBootyFanClub-
Cohan you’re a crook now get on with it
Cohan’s research for ‘house of cards’ started and ended w/ reading wsj articles.
snazzie pink shirt, though.
Charlies everpresent stubble suggests a high level of testosterone, which results in aggressiveness and a constant itching for a fight. Facts and verification of facts are inconsistent with the Gasser’s chemical balance.
Pfluger