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."
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May 19, 2020
The Swedish teenager and climate activist joined a guest line-up that included Major League Base ...
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May 18, 2020 (Updated: March 20, 2026)
Norris, now 80, has been a frequent subject of hoaxes over the years.
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May 15, 2020
An outdated conspiracy video about FEMA camps and vaccines gained new life amid 2020 pandemic wo ...
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May 15, 2020
A classic example of what's called "copypasta" spreading unfounded rumors on social media.
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May 14, 2020
Inflammatory, fabricated quotes have been making their way around social media.
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May 14, 2020 (Updated: May 19, 2020)
He posted the photo of an ice cream sundae from Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant while stay-at-h ...
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May 13, 2020
The U.S. House Speaker is the frequent target of inflammatory fake quotes.
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May 11, 2020
A meme shared by social media users had some chronology issues.
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May 5, 2020
A tweet posted by the U.S. president prompted questions about whether it was real.
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May 5, 2020 (Updated: May 13, 2020)
Sensational headlines suggested the city was singling out churches for heavy-handed surveillance ...
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May 1, 2020
The right-wing commentator received backlash on social media when the tragic benchmark was met.
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May 1, 2020
It wasn't the first time the U.S. president suggested his predecessor was somehow responsible fo ...
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April 30, 2020
The announcement that Starbucks is expanding its brand in Asia proved meme-worthy.
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April 28, 2020
A scathing opinion column was copied and pasted then circulated online, prompting some to questi ...
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April 22, 2020 (Updated: May 14, 2020)
FEMA stated it knows the company "doesn't make" the masks because the company is a broker, not a ...
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April 20, 2020
An opinion issued by a doctor serving in Minnesota's Legislature gained traction with right-wing ...
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April 17, 2020
Questions were raised on cable news about whether hospitals have financial incentives to diagnos ...
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April 16, 2020
The White House published a list of business leaders said to advise the president on reopening t ...
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April 16, 2020
The president's opinion of China's handling of the coronavirus pandemic has changed over time.
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April 15, 2020
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the frequent target of hoaxes and misleading memes.
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