Anyone who has been following the Daily News' coverage of Jared Paul Stern and the Paid $ix scandal knows that William Sherman has taken the story more or less under his wing.

The coverage of Stern has been less than friendly, but what do we expect from the rival newspaper? Well, we like to act as a platform for discussion (aka bitch fights) as often as possible … so when JPS sent us this email, well, we felt it was our gossipy duty to share it with our readers. Oh, and there's some sleuthy news in there, too.

Apparently this William Sherman guy has some personal issues with this story …. A former Post editor just reminded me that Sherman used to work with us at the Post like 8 years ago … used to sit near Dunleavy, just around the corner from Page Six … he asked me: "Do you remember how he used to emulate your attire? He'd say stuff like. 'the guy's got good taste in shoes' …. And how he tried to act like he was a bit of a dandy himself at the Post, always grousing about having won the pulitzer but getting no respect? Always whining about how he was 'underappreciated' and 'underpaid' for his 'genius'?"

I don't really remember him, but apparently he has a "red face and buggy blue eyes, like a drunken Elmer Fudd sans the hat" and used to brag about going to the Hamptons and stuff.

Used to work at the Post? Looks like Elmer Fudd? Brags about going to the Hamptons? Sounds like a News staffer to us.

But emulating Stern's attire? We almost believe it. If only because by not including that information, Stern would have had a much better plug for his clothing line.