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
Aug. 20, 2019
CVS corporate and its associated PAC contributed $535,000 in donations in 2017 to political orga ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 19, 2019
An unreliable website's claim about the immigration status of the suspect in a double-murder cas ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 16, 2019
The rule was criticized as undermining a promise by President Donald Trump to protect LGBTQ work ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 15, 2019
Sometimes it's difficult distinguishing which tweets are real and which are fake.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 14, 2019
The sonnet on the Statue of Liberty welcomes the "huddled masses."
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 13, 2019
Internet harassment after a major news event is sadly not uncommon.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 12, 2019
The claim that the disgraced financier was responsible for the Trumps' initial rendezvous came f ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 9, 2019
A Facebook user with the moniker "Jerry Jerry" claimed to be the brother of Dayton, Ohio, victim ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 8, 2019
The picture does show a homeless encampment in California, not too far from San Francisco.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 7, 2019
Biden reportedly made the gaffe during a campaign event in San Diego, California.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 7, 2019
Nine people were killed by a gunman in Dayton, Ohio, in early August 2019.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 6, 2019
A viral rumor spread in the wake of a deadly mass shooting in Texas in August 2019.
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 6, 2019
In the wake of two back-to-back mass shootings in the U.S., some question whether certain statem ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 5, 2019
A viral hoax claimed immigration authorities were checking citizenship status of El Paso shootin ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 2, 2019
Democratic members of the House of Representatives took an official trip to Italy and Africa whi ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 2, 2019
Several African American legislators from the U.S. were part of a Congressional delegation that ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
Aug. 1, 2019
Video of the incident in Central Florida went viral.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 30, 2019
Like U.S. President Donald Trump, Sanders criticized living conditions in Baltimore (in 2015), j ...
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 30, 2019
The Clinton "body bags" hoax is one of the longest-running internet conspiracy theories.
Written by: Bethania Palma
July 29, 2019
Viral scarelore posts about sex trafficking are not uncommon these days.
Page: 54