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
Nov. 24, 2020
The stock market soared as the Biden administration's transition officially got underway.
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Nov. 24, 2020
One of those stories you couldn't make up if you tried.
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Nov. 23, 2020
Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump spent some of the summit on the golf course.
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Nov. 23, 2020
The light display was supposed to be candles, but when they lit up, they put a small town in the ...
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Nov. 20, 2020
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany's comment was contradicted by several statements th ...
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Nov. 20, 2020
Falsely tying celebrities to CBD oil sales isn't a new internet scam.
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Nov. 19, 2020
Celebrity death hoaxes are a common form of online misinformation.
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Nov. 19, 2020
The Vatican reportedly has launched an investigation into the account.
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Nov. 19, 2020
A news conference held by President Donald Trump's legal team was part of a disinformation campa ...
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Nov. 19, 2020
The owl reportedly had a rough ride but is doing well.
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Nov. 18, 2020
Whitmer has a gold-colored jacket that she frequently wears, a fact that was exploited to spread ...
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Nov. 18, 2020
The country legend dropped a rare piece of good news in 2020.
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Nov. 17, 2020
The 200-year-old remains were found in 2015.
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Nov. 16, 2020
Sometimes disinformation states the facts correctly but frames them misleadingly.
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Nov. 13, 2020
The transition periods between presidential administrations are known to be sensitive. This one ...
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Nov. 11, 2020
The armistice between the Allied forces and Germany took effect at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918.
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Nov. 11, 2020
Some called out Trump's eldest daughter for celebrating the AP's Alaska call, while ignoring the ...
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Nov. 11, 2020
Starting Veterans Day 2020, veterans and Gold Star families have a new benefit.
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Nov. 11, 2020
The hybrid reportedly was born after a zebra wandered into a community and lived with domestic a ...
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Nov. 10, 2020
This appeared to be an example of what we'll call a "misinformation ouroboros" endless loop.
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