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. 23, 2020
A spokesperson for Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, said Osteen didn't personally benefit from ...
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Dec. 23, 2020
A misleading meme about the second coronavirus stimulus bill sparked internet outrage.
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Dec. 21, 2020
Online trolls misleadingly labeled a photograph of a French modeling agent sitting with Jeffrey ...
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Dec. 21, 2020
The Holy See gave Catholics the green light to get vaccinated against the pandemic disease.
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Dec. 20, 2020
As of this writing, U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to reckon publicly with his loss to Joe ...
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Dec. 20, 2020
Tennessee critical care nurse Tiffany Dover became the target of vaccine misinformation as the r ...
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Dec. 20, 2020
A fake tweet was mocked up to make it appear that U.S. President Donald Trump had posted it.
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Dec. 20, 2020
A piece of clickbait went viral but didn't deliver what the headline claimed.
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Dec. 18, 2020
If they had, we're pretty sure you'd hear about it from a source more credible than this blurry ...
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Dec. 18, 2020
The 2020 has been wild, but not quite that wild.
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Dec. 18, 2020
A misleading ad circulated on various websites.
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Dec. 17, 2020
An image of the pop icon got edited as a joke.
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Dec. 17, 2020
Like all things related to Denver's famous airport, the video of piled-up baggage sparked specul ...
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Dec. 16, 2020 (Updated: April 6, 2021)
A story that rocketed around the internet for its clickbait value employed misleading framing of ...
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Dec. 15, 2020
Not to worry, "Spready Mercury" is hard at work, keeping Scotland's roads clear.
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Dec. 15, 2020
A fear mongering copypasta meme made its way around social media, raising anxiety.
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Dec. 14, 2020 (Updated: Dec. 16, 2020)
The claim is just one iteration of a conspiracy theory about Dominion Voting Systems.
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Dec. 14, 2020
The comment prompted some to state that Jones had issued a veiled threat against Biden.
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Dec. 9, 2020
It may be hard to believe in the age of social media, but someone's wanting privacy doesn't make ...
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Dec. 9, 2020
Surprising vestiges of the 1918 pandemic are suddenly relevant again.
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