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2:00 PM ET, February 22, 2015

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Gabriel Arana / The Huffington Post:
O'Reilly Indeed Embellishing War Reporting Experience, Says CBS Colleague  —  Buenos Aires was neither a “war zone” nor a “combat situation” after Argentina surrendered to Britain in the Falklands War, says one of Bill O'Reilly's former colleagues at CBS who was with him in the capital at the time.
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly hits back at Mother Jones report about his war zone reporting experience  —  Bill O'Reilly Responds.  We Annotate.  —  The Fox News host still hasn't gotten back to us, but here's his monologue—factchecked.  —  On Thursday, Mother Jones published an article …
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
NYT media desk in flux after death of David Carr and staff reductions, while beat remains unrelenting and important  —  In Big Media Town, ‘Core’ Beat in Flux  —  AS Dean Baquet sees it, there are some coverage areas at which The Times simply must excel.  —  International reporting is one …
Fredrik deBoer:
With so much overlap in coverage, upstarts like Fusion, Vox, and Vice struggle to create unique identities  —  unless your site is about one thing, it's about everything  —  I have, for some reason, spent a couple hours on Fusion tonight.  (.net, teehee.)
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Report examines the rise of games and quizzes in online media and how news orgs take advantage  —  Riddle me this: How can news orgs better use games and quizzes?  —  The New York Times' most popular piece of content in 2013 wasn't an article — it was, of course, its now famous dialogue quiz.
Matthew Shaer / New York Times:
Citizen journalists shed light on Brazil's favelas, where traditional media coverage fails  —  'The Media Doesn't Care What Happens Here'  —  Can amateur journalism bring justice to Rio's favelas?  —  The favelas of Complexo do Alemão, one of the largest urban slums in Brazil …
Discussion: @digiphile, @mathewi and WITNESS
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Rampant uncertainty at MSNBC after cancellation of The Reid Report and Ronan Farrow Daily  —  MSNBC says ‘prime time lineup is solid’  —  Is a prime time shakeup coming at MSNBC?  —  Maybe, but the channel is pushing back against a report that Rachel Maddow is about to replace one of her proteges, Chris Hayes.
Discussion: Mediaite, PoliticusUSA and Gawker
Jim Waterson / BuzzFeed:
Daily Telegraph Writes “Despicable” Report Linking Suicides At The Times To Commercial Pressure  —  The Daily Telegraph has faced days of criticism for allegedly allowing a major advertiser to influence its editorial coverage.  On Friday it hit back with an anonymous article which has been condemned …
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Telegraph:
Times publisher, News UK, launches internal investigation after suicides of two members of its commercial staff
Eric Kelsey / Reuters:
Laura Poitras' Snowden documentary “Citizenfour” expected to win best documentary at Oscars  —  Eight days on edge may seal documentary Oscar for ‘Citizenfour’  —  (Reuters) - Unlike the often long, arduous slog of making documentary films, with subjects sometimes followed for years …
Catalina Albeanu / Journalism.co.uk:
Language barriers, low data literacy, and lack of established independent media make data journalism difficult in Afghanistan  —  Open data in Afghanistan: The key challenges for journalists  —  Data journalism adviser Eva Constantaras, who runs workshops for local media in developing countries …
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Politico's plan to launch a gossip column in the gossip-saturated capital  —  Monday is the first day for Kate Bennett, Politico's new gossip columnist.  When Politico editor Susan Glasser announced Bennett's hire earlier this month, she promised “a great read multiple times a week” …
 
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Michael Sebastian / AdAge:
Vogue offers quick delivery of March print issue via Postmates in NYC and LA for $15, includes six-month subscription
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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Machinima Cuts Staff, Shuts Some Channels After New Financing (Exclusive)
Discussion: @harmonygrits and @awallenstein
Todd Spangler / Variety:
ABC to Live-Stream Oscars Backstage Show on Facebook for Free
Discussion: Hollywood Reporter and Tubefilter