fake-gene-munster

First the faux CEO, now a fake analyst

Owen Thomas · 07/19/07 01:44PM

When Fake Steve Jobs does a pretend Apple earnings call, who's going to be on the line? Why, Fake Gene Munster, of course. (CNBC tech correspondent Jim Goldman tipped me off to this anonymous Apple blogger.) It's a sign of the insanity that's grown up around the faux Apple CEO that someone is now impersonating a stock analyst at Piper Jaffray, a second-tier investment bank known for its tech research. Personally, I'm betting it's actually Munster himself. SEC restrictions on what analysts can say and do have gotten so absurd that an anonymous — and plausibly deniable — blog makes for the perfect outlet. Come on, Gene, fake or otherwise — tell us what you really think.