Mullaney doesn’t provide further information about this analyst, and why should he? The truth is, Mullaney is being modest, cloaking his own reporter-wisdom behind the quoted words of some faceless investment banker. There are surely other suits who told Mullaney that Google’s stock will lose value, but he probably didn’t even have to consult a balance sheet to know that those who presume to disparage the almighty Google deserve no hearing on the pages of BusinessWeek.


How does he know? Well, because he is a journalist and we journalists get “hunches” — you know, the sort of deep transcendental insights that blossom from the belly as one zooms across the desert on a 100cc moped, wind blowing through the hair, mother riding pillion, destination anywhere … anywhere that has a big discount on clean underpants.

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