I don't think this was a waste of time at all. In fact, I was thrilled to read about exactly who made some of these predictions. Especially the analyst who based his "projections" on a false rumor. Accountability is a good thing. All the "pass-through" journalism, where sites simply take what other sites say and post it themselves, can easily obscure the source. I did think the thing about the apostrophe was a bit over-the-top, though.