Bethania Palma
Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who started her career as a daily newspaper reporter and has covered everything from crime to local government to national politics. She has written for a variety of publications as a staffer and freelancer, including the Los Angeles News Group, the LAist, LA School Report, the OC Weekly and Raw Story. She earned a B.A. in political science from the University of California at Irvine and an M.A. in history from California State University at Northridge. When researching bizarre phenomena, she's holding out for the day when the conclusion will be, "Aliens did it."
Written by: Bethania Palma
Dec. 5, 2021
The temple was buried under another one uncovered in the 19th century.
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Dec. 4, 2021
Or maybe we should be asking "who" it was.
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Dec. 2, 2021
More than two decades later, conspiracy theories about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack per ...
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Nov. 29, 2021
A flat Earth Twitter account posted a misleading tweet.
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Nov. 28, 2021
Hey Siri, will I need my mittens today?
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Nov. 27, 2021
Some clickbait headlines made it sound like the restaurant chain might be closing on Saturdays f ...
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Nov. 22, 2021
The movement's spokesman insists it's not satire.
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Nov. 21, 2021
Creepy crawly alert ... but it's for a good cause.
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Nov. 21, 2021
The opera has five acts, but it's also on TikTok, so it's only five minutes long.
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Nov. 19, 2021
In some cases, headlines told a different story than the articles they were attached to.
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Nov. 18, 2021
A photograph posted by the White House sparked some rather intense speculation.
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Nov. 17, 2021
The fabricated headline appeared to be a response to media reports of political repression in Cuba.
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Nov. 17, 2021
A dramatic story claiming the 43rd president was arrested by Special Forces is pure fiction.
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Nov. 15, 2021
The picture was taken aboard the International Space Station.
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Nov. 15, 2021
An online hoax in 2021 echoed a false rumor from the previous year.
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Nov. 14, 2021
The actor scaled the building's stairs, and then some.
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Nov. 14, 2021
The piece of film memorabilia sold for higher than expected.
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Nov. 13, 2021
A chef partnered with Arby's to create Bloody Mary recipes.
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Nov. 11, 2021
A manipulated video added to false rumors about the California governor.
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Nov. 10, 2021
A full year after the 2020 election, bogus claims of widespread fraud persisted.
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