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washington post sports writer mike wise puts a fake scoop on twitter and winds up with a month's suspension for the talk radio stunt. did he get off too easy? we'll ask him. >> plus, a new political website in texas has yet to make a dime. does this sort of journalism have a future? i'm howard kurtz and this is "reliable sources." it was presidential obama's second formal address from the oval office about a bloody war that dominated american politics for years and left the media's reputation tarnished. the stage seemed set for a major international story. >> so tonight, i am annou...

Tonight's voting senator john mccain says he will stop blocking the vote to confirm james clapper to be director of national intelligence. an fbi web page quotes violent mexican cartel may be more dangerous. and ahmadinejad's offer to meet face-to-face with president obama. a national security chief says that he's not leaving the door open and he's not closinit. and the washington post company said it has sold struggling "newsweek" magazine which it has pub lelished for h a century to sidney harmon. as in jane harmon. >> that's right. the wife of congressman james harmon in california. that'...

change your veterans' benefits. >> another sore point? border security. when i was covering the story in arizona, i was inundated with e-mails from democrats touting the ability to beef up border security. again, listen to this on the cbs "early" show. >> i've put more resources onned it border to the point where we now have more of everything. >> so why is he doing this? well, check it out. the president's approval ratings' are below 50% on health care, the economy, immigration, and the deficit. so with only 92 days until the midterm elections, can he and the democrats get any tract...

we have a long way to go, but when i look back on what we've accomplished in the last 18 months, preventing the country sinking into a great depression, stabilizing the financial markets, saving the u.s. auto industry, oh, by the way, passing health care, i'd say that's a pretty good track record. >> good morning. happy monday, august the 2nd. i'm joe scarborough. we are here live in los angeles. of course, covering -- well, we're covering the president and, of course we're covering alan greenspan. unprecedented tension between wall street and washington. that could have a catastroph...

Read that. a bunch of inside reporting about where "newsweek" is headed. mike says the top two bids are likely to be from sidney harmon, the husband of jane harmon, a member of congress and mark lazry. a lot of democrats had dinner with rahm emanuel. a sense modest cuts but not a wholesale effort to shut down the print edition and go all digital. that strategy seems not to be likely, or to turn it into a conservative publication or, you know, swimwear publication or something like that. the worst fears about "newsweek" being totally overhauled seem to be lesson lesson lessened with this likely...