As a safety precaution while the tragic events of today are sorted out, the securities markets have decided not to open for trading today. We strongly support that decision.
If the analyst is communicating his findings to a select group of people and it might lead to proprietary trading by his employer, then you might have problems. But if he is publishing information for a widespread audience, I have less of a problem with it,
With respect to short selling, ... the goal of all of us is to have a market that most closely approximates the normal trading environment. As a result of that, you can tell in which direction we will probably be leaning.