If I were a gaming journalist, I'd report on every far-fetched rumor people sent my way, too. Even if I had to write the article in such a way that if the rumor turned out to be true, I could point to it and say I knew it all along, and if the rumor turned out to be false, I could do the same thing.
Not sure why they'd even want Banjo Kazooie when they have Mario, anyway.