We're never really the sorts to say told you so, but we thought we'd point something out. Yesterday afternoon we suggested that Google's media coverage might soon jump the shark, turn from universally adulatory to something more nuanced and even occasionally negative. Our point wasn't that Google itself would soon start failing as a business, but simply that a combination of factors would cause it to become less of a media darling. Commenters were, for the most part, dismissive.

Then this headline appeared on Slate last night:

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Really, we do so hate to say told you so.

Earlier: Could Google Be Jumping the Shark?