Personal accountability is essential to living life - good job 34Simmons. And that means those who traded on the rumor, and got burned, should be accountable for their own actions too.
No one yelled "the building is on fire", and someone got injured getting out of a burning building. First of all, the rumor that funding is pending is a rumor unto itself. A 2nd rumor that funding fell through is yet another rumor. NVI's comments that funding did not fall through is not a rumor, but a fact.
We're all big boys an girls and we know how this game is played. Check and recheck your facts, and take your educated chances with the rest of us. If I read something that flies in the face of what I believe to be true - know darn well that I will use every resource I have to confirm or deny the rumor. End of story.