When in doubt...make stuff up!

I think the holy grail for any blog (other than to make money) is to break a story and/or to scoop the ‘legitimate’ media. Every now and then a site will get some insider information before a news outlet, and be credited (or not credited, in some cases) with the scoop.

However, sometimes it seems like the legit media is becoming a bit lazy, from the Las Vegas Business Press:

Another rumor that surfaced over the weekend had Wynn Resorts CEO Steve Wynn making a play for the New Frontier Hotel & Casino to the tune of $1.78 billion.“It’s in the rumor mill,” said VegasTodayandTomorrow.com curator Mark Adams reported on April 2, “that Steve Wynn has offered (New Frontier owner) Phil Ruffin $1.78 billion and that Ruffin has verbally agreed,” information that Adams credited to “an inside source. “Steve Wynn wants to expand his relationship with Donald Trump,” who is erecting condos behind Ruffin’s casino, “and this could be the beginnings of that.”

Or maybe not. By Tuesday, the rumor was being blamed on an April Fools’ Day item that ran on the Las Vegas architecture blog Two Way Hard Three and Adams was backing off the story, which he had repeatedly emphasized was “rumor.”

Congrats to TwoWayHardThree.com and VegasTodayandTomorrow.com, two of our favorite sites, for reaching a point where even April Fools Jokes can be taken seriously and reported on…and for showing how incompetent the mainstream media can be.

Hopefully VegasRy.com will reach a point where we can spew unfounded rumor and innuendo and have it treated as gospel. In the meantime: “Did you hear that Harrah’s bought the Fashion Show Mall and plans to turn it into a mall-themed casino?"

TwoWayHardThree Home Page

VegasTodayAndTomorrow Home Page

Las Vegas Business Press Home Page