Henry Blodget’s at it again. This morning he posted on the Silicon Alley Insider about Microsoft’s supposed renewed interest in the acquisition of Yahoo!.
He got his fodder from the New York Post. And it wasn’t even good material. It was a brief closing line that got him revved up. Oh joy. You know, I’ve had just about enough of this nonsense.
Let’s be clear about one thing now: No one knows if Microsoft is going to take a crack at Yahoo!. There’s no definitive word on a buyout. Absolutely none. Nada. So, really, Henry, cut the crap.
But we don’t know what’s going on in the (warning: sarcasm ahead) sunshine state of Washington for real. So, please, let’s look at this objectively, shall we? Given that we live in complete darkness on the matter, how many times can one revisit the damn subject? It’s literally been years since speculation of a Yahoo! buyout by MSFT first surfaced. And today we’re none the wiser.
What does that tell you? That tells you it’s a big frickin’ waste of time to consider this point any further – at least ‘til we can get some solid chatter to work with. What the Post has delivered is not solid chatter. It’s an empty calorie. A cherry devoid of any substance whatsoever.
So I must put this question to Blodget now: Have you no integrity? I understand that you didn’t do so well in your past life as a securities analyst. Spitzer didn’t paint a very kind picture of your history at Merrill Lynch. But even so, you can’t honestly reference that article published by the Post and find it to be worth a headline claiming, “Microsoft to Buy Yahoo Again!”
Yet you have done exactly that.