The big New York profile on Times Boy Andrew Ross Sorkin is out today. Gabe Sherman tells us all about the jealousy the DealBook editor has inspired among his colleagues, what with his big (for a journalist) paycheck, his fame, and, most especially, his Rolodex of BSD sources. There’s been a lot of alleged trash talk in the newsroom, most recently on account of Don Van Natta and Gretchen Morgenson claiming he stole material from them for his book. Before that (and still) the complaints have been that the reason Sorkin counts many a chief executive as a source is because he goes far too easy on them in print. Whether or not that’s true, not being “adversarial or coming to the table with an ax to grind” isn’t the only way ARS has managed to get people like Mack and Buffett and Dimon and Schwarzman on speed-dial (and at his party). According to Graydon Carter, it’s by 1) His “boyish”-ness and 2) something else that we would never suggest but that I think we’re supposed to guess by way of nonsensical euphemism.
Sorkin has another crucial advantage in the world he’s traveling in: He gives good son. “There’s something about his boyish, Jimmy Stewart charm that the older men he deals with find incredibly winning,” Graydon Carter says.
The Information Broker [NYM]
Is that like giving good head?
I, too, give good “son.”
-maria b
what are a couple blowies in exchange for an exclusive, eh?
-ars
isn’t it because all his sources are on his father’s client list, waiting to be defended against a subpoena or two….
what’s the big deal? who among us hasn’t blown their way to the top?
-ping j
The child looking reporter arrived just the other day
He came to my office with sensy loafers looking so gay
But there were planes to catch, and TARP money to repay
He lost his virginity to a Noel sister in the hay
And he was writing Too Big To Fail before I knew it and as he grew
He said, “This book is going to make me rich like you, Dad,
You know I’m be a baller like you”
And the cats in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy Treasury Secretary and ARS is gonna outsell that Gasparino goon.
When you comin home, dad, I don’t know when,
But we’ll get together then, Son,
You know we’ll have a good time then.
@ 4 you’re right. Either his older brother or father is a big m&a lawyer. He can just look in their briefcase to get news if needed. If he was at the WSJ they wouldn’t let him report on M&A becuz a family member is working in that sector.
No one can ever accuse Gasparino of using family connections to get news. At least he built his byline on his own with street fighting skills and a talent for story telling. He makes more than ARS now.
Beth, you vicious animal fucker. You will NOT fuck me. Never.
-Harvey, The Muse
Bullshit!!!
~The Ghost of Jimmy Stewart
@8
The correct nomenclature is:
“Beth, you vicious animal liar…”
Get it right and stay focused.
-biff
JT @7 wrote, “No one can ever accuse Gasparino of using family connections to get news.”
Bullshit! Koko the gorilla knew sign language acording to National Geographic.
@Naked- That is pure Gold!
vicious animal liar is such a hilarious thing to call someone
@NS
LOL, Well Played, my hat is off to you, additional generic internet pleasantry.
Dear ARS,
Could you use a new “Source”?
Call me!
Bwarny F
@13 do you think biff realized at the time it’d become a dealbreaker meme?
@NS
strange I was lamenting the other night (around drink #10 if memory serves correctly) how I couldn’t stand to listen to that song, but your version, no that is something I could totally get into
That explains why the opener of his book says that, “Why, there’s no money here at the Savings & Loan. It’s in Lloyd’s house and Ken’s house. And in the SPV Capital IV fund. Vik, remember when you were changing jobs and had to offload your fund? The bank took care of you then, didn’t it?”
10,
We’re talkin’ muses and anal rape, by Beth Teflon (which is completely plausible). Don’t hate.
“That’s envy fag, there’s a little bit of envy in the best of us.”
I don’t know the guy, but I do know that he grew up on the UWS and has a well-connected NYC lawyer for a daddy. I think his wife has a similar pedigree. (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/fashion/weddings/10Queen.html ) Its amazing how easy it is for a local boy to make these sort of connections and yet pretend its their own doing.
Why is my groin engulfed in flames like some kind of evil desert?
@21
Quit it with that, it aint gonna happen.
@22 I am sorry. Anal_yst.
Sad trader.
@7– right, some think, “reel in sources,” but isn’t it more like, “working as a mouthpiece for dad’s side of the story… .”
ok so which sources has ARS blown? let’s get some names.
do any straight people read the NY Times?
http://gawker.com/267707/
So ARS married a book agent. Isn’t that helpful when you need to make sure the book industry humps your book.
@27 you’re grasping at straws there.
#18. I like it, by golly. In fact, I found that so amusing, I’ve decided I won’t jump off the bridge after all. Hee-haw and Merry Christmas.
this doesn’t sound gay at all