After that huge story in Vanity Fair about CNBC's Maria Bartiromo catfight with fellow business channel anchor, Erin Burnett, the suits are all a'scramblin to find out who "leaked" the story to Graydon Carter's people.

It's all the Post's fault according to CNBC, though Richard Johnson's people are blaming it on station executives trying to improve ratings by promising some tension between the two.

Let's air on the side of caution here and assume that one of Bartiromo's or Burnett's people — these types always have "people" — leaked the story themselves: adding a little bit of the Sarah Jessica Parker/Kim Cattrall off-camera bitchiness to their persona so more viewers will tune in to witness the fake smiles and facial tics whenever the two are forced to talk to each other.