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12:35 PM ET, March 2, 2015

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Mother Jones:
Bill O'Reilly's Own Video From Falklands Protest Contradicts His “War Zone” Claim  —  He has said he saw civilians massacred in Buenos Aires.  The report he filed at the time said nothing of the sort.  —  Throughout the controversy set off by a recent Mother Jones article …
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
The O'Reilly tapes: Phone recordings raise new questions about JFK story  —  One evening in March more than 30 years ago, Gaeton Fonzi received a call from a man whose voice and name are now instantly recognizable.  —  “Hi Gaeton,” the caller said.  “Bill O'Reilly.”  —  The year was 1977.
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Fox: O'Reilly Didn't See Bombings In Ireland, But He Saw Photos Of Them  —  Fox News issued a clarification on Friday on behalf of its star host Bill O'Reilly, saying that he said he'd “seen” bombings in Northern Ireland because police showed him photos of them.
Discussion: Guardian, Gawker and Washington Post
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Rebekah Brooks likely to return to News Corp in UK-based role focusing on digital endeavors  —  News Corp. Set to Rehire Rebekah Brooks, Acquitted Executive  —  Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's media holdings in Britain, acquitted last year on charges related …
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Financial Times:
Rebekah Brooks set to run Dublin-based Storyful  —  Former tabloid editor cleared in hacking trial returning to Murdoch's News Corp  —  Rebekah Brooks, the former tabloid editor who was cleared of all charges in Britain's phone hacking scandal, is returning to News Corp to run Storyful, the company's social media news agency.
Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
The New Republic's investment arm buys part of analytics startup Parse.ly, deal said to be in “mid-six figures”  —  The New Republic's investment arm buys up a piece of analytics startup Parse.ly  —  The New Republic's investment arm has made its first move in buying a piece of web analytics firm Parse.ly.
Discussion: @rustyk5, @parsely and @guyvidra
Dao Nguyen / BuzzFeed:
What It's Like To Work On BuzzFeed's Tech Team During Record Traffic  —  It's all about the company culture, folks.  Here's how it all went down (or didn't) last night.  —  BuzzFeed Publisher  —  8:23 p.m.: Jay's sysops pager goes off.  His wife says, “Uh oh, is it the dress?”  He replies, “What dress?”
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
Can Former Planet Money Host Build the ‘HBO of Podcasts’?  —  “Are you meeting someone with money?  Alex Blumberg's wife asks him within the first 30 seconds of the first episode of StartUp, his podcast about launching a podcast network.  Maybe Mr. Blumberg should rethink his footwear, she suggests. ”
Discussion: @amstrategy
Jamie Campbell / The Independent:
Avijit Roy murder: Bangladeshi police arrest ‘radical Islamist’ over the murder of American-Bangladeshi blogger  —  A radical Islamist has been arrested over the murder of an American blogger who was hacked to death in a machete attack.  —  Farabi Shafiur Rahman was detained by Bangladeshi authorities …
Discussion: 9to5Mac
William Dotinga / Courthouse News Service:
In lawsuit, auditor says LA Times fired him for blowing whistle on scheme to pad circulation figures  —  L.A. Times Juggled the Books and Fired Him, Auditor Says  —  LOS ANGELES (CN) - Los Angeles Times fired an auditor for blowing the whistle on a scheme to pad circulation numbers, the man and his company claim in court.
Discussion: FishbowlNY
Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Washington Post's imprisoned Tehran correspondent Jason Rezaian finally allowed to hire lawyer  —  After 7 Months in Jail, U.S. Journalist in Iran Is Allowed to Hire Lawyer  —  Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post's Tehran correspondent, who has been imprisoned by the Iranian authorities …
 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Chris Evans emerges as de facto Telegraph group editor-in-chief
Mark Scott / New York Times:
The Netherlands' two-year-old net neutrality rules provide a good case study for the US
Discussion: @owillis and New York Magazine
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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