The media officially has no idea how to cover this anymore, because nothing is certain and all moles on deck are changing their stories daily in the Microsoft-Yahoo three-dimensional chess game. That said, the newspapers are doing their level best to box this coruscating story into a corner. X will most likely happen, they declare, but then hedge that the “situation is fluid.” Conversely, Y could transpire too (possibly). May we present the latest from Z – but don’t take our word for it.

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