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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June 26, 2019
An image of basketball fans celebrating in Toronto became another crowd photograph to be miscapt ...
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June 25, 2019
An image of the all-male Freedom Caucus discussing the future of women's health care coverage sp ...
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June 25, 2019
Social media posts have confused one woman who has accused Trump of sexual assault with another ...
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June 24, 2019
Experts have raised doubts about a flurry of news stories that report the act of looking down at ...
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June 20, 2019
The Trump campaign denied knowing a contractor hired a casting agency for the candidate's 2015 c ...
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June 20, 2019
A Turning Point USA meme that claimed to showcase poverty in Venezuela co-opted an unrelated ima ...
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June 19, 2019
That might be difficult ... the adult film actress and vocal critic of Donald Trump is alive and ...
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June 19, 2019
A false theme that has been online since the 2016 was given new life by junk news.
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June 19, 2019
It's a familiar trope on the internet but remains factually challenged.
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June 17, 2019
Some readers didn't see much humor in the post by a self-described satire site.
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June 17, 2019
A viral June 2019 Twitter story had plenty of twists and turns, as well as a happy ending. But w ...
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June 17, 2019
Former students at the facility have alleged harsh treatment and psychological abuse.
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June 11, 2019
The IRS collected $93 billion more from taxpayers in fiscal year 2018 than 2017, but that doesn' ...
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June 10, 2019
Diana Martin has filed a complaint with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
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June 7, 2019
At least 200,000 applications for veterans' health care have been closed by the Department of Ve ...
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June 6, 2019
Some are calling on Chambers to resign after the comment brought controversy to his small community.
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June 5, 2019
A sensational error was repeated widely in English-language news reports.
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June 4, 2019
Platt: "I know that some within our church, for a variety of valid reasons, are hurt that I made ...
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June 3, 2019
No information is yet publicly known about the motive for the deadly mass shooting, but authorit ...
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May 31, 2019
The retail chain is donating to a charity that works to prevent the bullying of LGBT children in ...
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