If two gossip columns report the same story on the same day, to whom do we give credit? That's the little problem with our new Scoop Wars obsession. It's much easier to determine the validity of Us Weekly's claim to credit if the Associated Press runs the story the next day without attribution. But today's Page Six and Radar both have the "The Who drummer Pete Townshend strormed out of Howard Stern's studio" story (Page Six here, Radar here). That two outlets have the same information isn't terribly surprising – there's many a day when the Post and Daily News run simul-exclusives – which gave us enough pause to ignore the matter all together. And then the Sirius PR hacks at Dan Klores, looking to build on the controversy, got in touch. (Forgive our obvious plug.)

Yesterday, Pete Townshend, guitarist for legendary rock band The Who, stormed out of a Sirius Satellite Radio studio when he became upset about potential interview topics shock jock Howard Stern was kicking around. The interview was to be aired as part of the free two-day promotion launching Sirius Internet Radio, which allows internet users to subscribe to Sirius via the internet for $12.95 per month.

So who does Dan Klores point to for the story? Nah, not Maer Roshan's cracksquad, but rather Richard Johnson's rumor mill. And as anyone knows, a publicist may misspell her client's name, but she never forgets her favorite column to leak to. (There's also the small matter of Post articles being filed by 10pm the night before, while Radar's item went up at 9:15am today.)