Bad information often gets a reporter into trouble. WMDs and Judy Miller, anyone? But for Bob Costas, a bad tip didn't get him into trouble — it got colleague Brian Williams into an embarrassing lie. You see, Costas had heard that Bruce Springsteen had, during a live concert, congratulated World's Best Athlete Michael Phelps (who Amanda Beard totally didn't make out with) for snagging his seventh gold medal and then dedicated "Born in the USA" to him. Costas wanted to ask Phelps what he thought about The Boss' personal dedicated, but his interview ran long, so he passed the tip to Williams, who brought it up in his own interview with Phelps. Except Springsteen never congratulated Phelps during the concert, nor did he dedicate a song to him.

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