Las Vegas myth busted: Anti-trans backlash forces Garth Brooks to cancel his stay
On July 10, 2023, a bombshell exploded on social media: Country superstar Garth Brooks had to cancel all remaining dates of his “Plus One” residency at Caesars Palace . The low ticket sales were due to audience reaction to his inclusive stance towards the transgender community.
"Garth Brooks has no choice but to cancel the remainder of his Las Vegas contract - 11 shows in total - after ticket sales stalled," the Dunning-Kruger Times reported, citing Brooks "No one wants to see me now. I hope it goes away. I'm just saying I'm going to serve Bud Light in my new bar."
Bud lights them up
Last summer, conservative musicians led a boycott of Bud Light maker Anheuser-Busch after they launched a social media campaign featuring transgender TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney A social media campaign for the protagonist.
Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, and country singers Travis Tritt and John Rich all reportedly dropped Anheuser-Busch beers from roadies and bars and made a scene.
But Brooks, who was preparing to open Friends in Low Places, a bar in Nashville, refused to attend.
"Yes, we will serve any brand of beer," he told Billboard magazine in June 2023. This is not our decision. Our principle is: If you are allowed in this house, please love one another. "
Beneath the Dunning-Kruger Times story, the comments seemed to indicate the backlash against Brooks reported there.
"Sorry Garth...you are now Dixie Chicks territory to me and will not be buying or listening to any more of your songs," Dave McCann wrote. “If enough of us vote with our dollars, maybe wealthy elites like you will finally take notice, STFU!”
Just one question...
Brooks' Las Vegas shows have never been canceled. His "Plus One" residency at the Colosseum has been extended until July 13, 2024. This is because all previous tickets sold out quickly when they first went on sale - end of 2022.
That's because the Dunning-Kruger Times is not the news website it appears to be. This isn't even the satirical site it "claims" to be.
Without a hint of The Onion humor or satire, the site lures in unsuspecting readers with fake news designed to maximize sensationalism and credibility.The Wynn cancellation wasn't even the site's only fake story about Brooks' backlash. There were also false reports that the singer was booed in the audience at the 123rd annual Texas Country Bash and had to cancel the opening of a new bar.
Sorry, that makes these things ironic.
The Dunning-Kruger Times is run by Portland, Maine, resident Christopher Blair, described by BBC News as the "godfather of fake news." Blair excuses his "career" by claiming his website has a lesson to teach its misguided readers.
This lesson says everyone should read a website’s “About Us” page before sharing information. If anyone bothered to read the "About Us" page of the Dunning-Kruger Times, they would see the first sentence: "Everything on this website is fictional."
But no one reads a news outlet’s “About Us” page to check its legitimacy, and for good reason. Any website that brazenly publishes fake news will surely also brazenly lie on its About Us page. Incidentally, the "Dunning-Kruger Times" got its name from the psychological effects exhibited by self-proclaimed experts who don't know enough about a subject or even know they don't know enough. Considering that Blair is a purveyor of misinformation who doesn't even realize how damaging it is to the liberal democratic society that allows him to operate, he chose a damningly satirical website title.
So what does Blair think of his own views? His response to any criticism can also be found directly on the About Us page, but no one has a good reason to read that page.
"Morally speaking, no matter what," it said. "I own a lot of stuff and I've been building it over the years and it's given me a great life. Don't you love it? I don't care."
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