As you may have heard, the numbers have been crunched and to some people’s surprise, Andrew Sorkin’s book, Too Big To Fail, bests Charlie Gasparino’s When Mooks Fail for the number of times the word ‘fuck’ is mentioned, overall and per page. Sorkin’s got 20 (.03/page) and CG has 10 (.02/page). To some, this was shocking, given what they think they know of Chaz, though not to those of us who know that a) Gaspo runs a “classy operation” and b) that the auteur was nervous the Pulitzer committee would be skittish about awarding a prize to someone with a filthy mouth.
Charlie told Business Insider that he attributes the lack of fucks, compared to Sorkin, to the fact that he did more aggressive fact checking (ex: he was told Fink used the term “mother-fucker” during a tense meeting last year, but in checking out the quote, was told by Larry that the BlackRock founder, as a rule, never sticks a mother in front of a fucker). Still, not wanting to disappoint his legions of fans, or give the impression he’s gone soft, CG reminded us that while he may drop less f-bombs than ARS, his book “has Jimmy Cayne jerking off” and possibly use of the term ‘cocksucker’ though he can’t recall on which page so you’ll have to buy the book to find out. (To be fair, rumor has it Sorkin’s book was thisclose to including Tim Geithner giving out HJs in the second floor men’s room of the NY Fed but it was taken out due to vehement protesting by TG’s handlers.)
Nothing like starting lunch with a BL article.
Thx Bess
oh yeah? well I gave hank paulson a hand job with my mouth. eat it, bitch.
-ars
So much funnier then what TBI wrote on this topic! What would we do with out you Bess.
I am already working on my next book. It will be an autobiography.
-cg
having to read about jimmy cayne jerking off would be a reason for me to NOT by a book, thanks.
2 ft(disturbed)w
why am I the butt of every joke?
-TG
bess proves her love of chazzy – picture of no sleeves on an article about ARS…at a minimum we should have side by side shots like they do in boxing.
Too Gasparino, am not/wasn’t/will not ever be interested
I gots one word for yas……indefatigable. Yeah, dats right.
CG
.02 “fucks” per page? Lifeless prigs.
I have a B.A. from DeVry, I was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in beat reporting in 2002, I have been awarded citations from seven business journalism boards in New York, and I am never, ever sick after one of my famous 72 hour martini benders. So I ask you; when someone flips on the TV and they fall on their knees and they pray to God that someone out there has THE scoop over who is taking over at Bank of America or that their bank isnt about liqudated by the FDIC or that their CEO doesn’t suffer acute neural trama from dropping too much acid, who do you think they’re praying to? Now, go ahead and read your Bible, Andrew, and you go to your snobby Upper West Side apartment, and, with any luck, you might win some douchey journalism award, but if you’re looking for God, he was at Elaine’s double fisting Black Haus schnapps on November 17, and he doesn’t like to be told that he did NOT write the definitive tell all book of the financial crisis. You ask me if I have a God complex. Let me tell you something: I am God.
-Charles Gasparino
Somebody had their Wheaties this morning! Nice job, Naked!
@cluzo how is this about ars? it was 50/50 and then 75/25 w the cg quote.
Wow N/S, i have to agree. Impressive indeed. This guy is a total joke, I hope to see him out sometime so I can tell him that hes a gigantic tool.
Well… fuck.
-C. Gasparino
which one has maria blowing a goat? that’s the one I’m buying.
@15
He’s actually pretty fun in person, at least when I met him, was impressed, really.
@12, Ask God how many shots of Bourbon he had before getting on-air this morning
Erin looking so hot in red today…
There’s a stirring in my loins.
20 – Erin Burnett is the Ryan Seacrest of financial journalism.
Consecutive DB “suck” and “fuck” posts and nothing about the Anal Quartet, Bernie, Barney, Timmy, and Zvi?
@22 what’s your point?
which one has Barney blowing me? that’s the one I’m buying.
-Dennis Kneale
he looks so regal…gabagool
@23, Bend over and you’ll get the point.
If ya never stops ya never gets da hangover, right doc?