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MSNBC's Brewer cited Drudge-promoted Daily Mail story on Obama's $30K ring, didn't mention Obama denial

During the noon ET hour of MSNBC Live on December 2, anchor Contessa Brewer said that Michelle Obama "may be getting some inaugural ice" and went on to cite a London Daily Mail report that said, in Brewer's words, President-elect Barack Obama is "buying a $30,000 diamond ring for his lovely bride as a thank-you for her support during the election." But Brewer did not note that the Obama transition team has reportedly denied the Daily Mail's report, which was based on a single unnamed source. Prior to Brewer's referencing the Daily Mail article, it was featured as the lead headline on the Drudge Report, which -- unlike Brewer -- also subsequently noted the Obama transition team's denial. This marks at least the third time since October that an MSNBC anchor has echoed a dubious, misleading, or false story involving Obama featured by the Drudge Report. In a blog post published roughly two and a half hours before Brewer's MSNBC segment, Politico's Ben Smith reported that Dan Pfeiffer, communications director for Obama's transition team, had "flatly denied" the Daily Mail story, saying in an email that it was "not true." The Daily Mail article cited an anonymous "spokesman" for Italian designer Giovanni Bosco, who reportedly said, "Our agent in the United States was asked by Mr Barack Obama about the ring because he wants it as a thank you gift for his wife Michelle for her support the last two years." Smith wrote in his post that other than the quote from the unnamed source, "there seems to be no other evidence for the claim" that Obama plans to purchase the ring. Indeed, after Brewer's report, the Daily Mail posted an updated version of the article with the headline and lead paragraph focused entirely on the denial. By 7:52 p.m. ET on December 1, Internet gossip Matt Drudge linked to the Daily Mail report as the lead headline on his website:
Published: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:32:24 GMT - Source: Mediamatters.Org - Read the article

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Published: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:06:09 GMT - Source: Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - Read the article